KQED American Graduate Teacher's Town Hall
Young people throughout our country are dropping out of school in high numbers. On March 13 KQED hosted a town hall meeting at Laney College in Oakland with teachers, students and others to discuss the dropout crisis.
- In advance of the town hall, KQED and others asked social media users how they would address the dropout crisis. Here's what they said.
- The town hall began at about 5pm.
Here's a look at the stage as we prepare for tonight's presentation #amgrad http://pic.twitter.com/LUYR8NrC
Tim Olson's Photos | FacebookFacebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to ke...- Presenters opened the town hall with some stats that reflected the dropout crisis and the challenges facing students in Oakland.
> @GlynnWashington: @JerryBrownGov, while #Oakland mayor, said he was going to 2x the # of Af-Amer students going to college #amgrad- The town hall featured a panel discussion on the dropout crisis.
Tonight's panel gets ready for the town hall #amgrad http://pic.twitter.com/wUUtzeEB
> @KQED's #AmGrad Town Hall panel, live now @LaneyCollege in #Oakland http://pic.twitter.com/UepWHF41
Great panel of teachers and educators at #amgrad event @amerigrad @KQED http://pic.twitter.com/qeQaUscX
