This month I’m stepping out from beyond the perimeter of these webpages to expand my circle of inclusion.
As of this writing, I’m simultaneously launching a YouTube channel! On it, I will hold on-camera interviews with friends, colleagues, and others whose expertise in education matters make a difference in the lives of our students.
While I will continue to post topics each month here, my goal is to spark actual conversation with each guest and with each of you should you decide to listen in. I will be deliberate about drawing out tips for parents to implement, but I’m also interested in the broader picture that impacts educational opportunity and outlook. With a mixture of guests and topics, I hope the mosaic we build brings form and definition to the world that we as families have to navigate–to in turn prepare our students to be high achievers regardless of what is next after high school.
In this first discussion, I’m talking with a good friend James Rose, who is the director of an organization in DC called, “Reach4Success”. While over the past three years, roughly six trillion dollars has been awarded to 172 million recipients according to the National Student Loan Data System. However, families must pass through the necessary crucible of financial aid applications to receive those awards. Mr. Rose’s program helps families navigate the application process and trains others who can pass along the knowledge more broadly.
I’m looking forward to having these discussions or “virtual coffeehouses” to share the kind of knowledge that can help you make room for the dream you and your family share. In the case of financial aid, knowing that college is possible can certainly help students hold on to the optimism that may be driving their effort.
I hope you will join me online and subscribe. Thanks in advance for your continued support.
