The Council for Opportunity in Education works with TRIO and GEAR UP programs and advocates for low income students.

The Council for Opportunity in Education is a nonprofit organization that works in conjunction with colleges, universities and agencies to expand educational opportunities to help low-income students enter college and graduate.  For more information, visit the website at www.coenet.us

These excellent reports and resources have recently been released

• ACT, /The Forgotten Middle
  http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/ForgottenMiddle.pdf

• The College Board, /Coming to Our Senses: Education and the American Future,
  http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/coming-to-our-senses-college-board-2008.pdf

 

• ECS Highlights Tools to Strengthen High School Transitions and Success
  1. 9th-grade transitions reviews research emphasizing the freshman year as a predictor for high school success.  The policy brief identifies solid approaches to develop and support successful transition model policies, articulating how such policies look, whether they are aimed at funding summer "catch-up" programs, growing positive peer networks or developing individual graduation plans.
  http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/78/91/7891.pdf
  
  2.  A second policy brief highlights research indicating the types of parental  involvement    http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/78/48/7848.pdf

March 2 Success website provides test-taking help to middle and high school students.

March 2 Success is an online test-taking program provided by the US Army. It provides materials to help improve scores on standardized tests such as SAT, ACT, state exit exams and ASVAB. Any student over 13 can create a login and use the testing program for 45 days.

https://www.march2success.com

Scholarships for California's Latino students

Check out this great resource with many helpful hints about scholarships:  A directory about college Scholarships for California’s Latino students, compiled by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, available online at www.latinocollegedollars.org.