How Does Summer School Help Students?
Summer school begs the question: do students effectively learn a year’s worth of material in a period of several weeks?Read More…
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Robel Espino is an education specialist assistant, worked as an after school instructor, and serves as a youth leader in his local church. A first-generation college graduate, Robel attended California State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA, and received a degree in English Literature. Robel is an Oakland native who received k-12 education in the cities of Oakland, San Pablo, and Richmond, CA. He is a husband, and a father of a four-year old.
Posts by Robel:
The Life of an Educator During Summer Involves More Teaching
The school-year has officially come to an end; classroom walls stand bare, its floors smudged by the underside of ourRead More…
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Are the Cost Barriers to Become a Credentialed Teacher in California Keeping People of Color Out of the Classroom?
I have spent the last several months researching and applying to different credentialing programs in order to begin my careerRead More…
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Mrs. Walcott, My Fifth Grade Teacher, Inspired Me To Become An Author
When I was in the fifth grade, I was chosen from among several students to attend a four day campingRead More…
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High School Standardized Test Scores Don’t Necessarily Predict College Readiness or Success
Every year, the ACT, a national exam that plays a significant role in determining college acceptance for graduating high schoolRead More…
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Students Deserve an Education That Is Special: How Instructors Can Accommodate Students with Learning Differences
All students have unique learning styles that make them different from one another. Students who have been identified with specificRead More…
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Where Your Child Sits in Class Impacts His/Her Learning
For the past two years, I have been working with students who have learning differences. I have learned a lotRead More…
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Pixar’s Coco Has Made Me Consider, “How Will My Daughter Remember Me?”
Hours before heading to my in-laws for a night of games and lots of food, my wife, my daughter, andRead More…
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I Learned More About Myself When I Dropped Out of College
My dad has always wanted to be a police officer, and he always wanted me to be a police officerRead More…
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Why We Need to Understand Adol-ESSENCE to Learn from the Adolescent Mind
According to Daniel J. Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, and the author of theRead More…
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