Far From Home: Students Most Likely To Succeed

Elementary schools beginning prepping their students for college in the earliest grades.

By Bekah Mcneel January 21, 2019 9:30 am, , ,

From Texas Public Radio:

This is the second of a five-part special report, “Far From Home.”

In high poverty schools like Storm Elementary in San Antonio Independent School District, it’s not uncommon to see college pennants adorning the halls, and college t-shirts incorporated into the school uniform. At Storm, each class is named after a university. The third grade is the University of Arizona. Second grade is Trinity University. Kindergarten is Rice University.

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