When Julia Siroy’s 27-year career with Macy’s fell victim to the Great Recession, she had a logical mind that told her one thing: No matter what happens with the economy, there would always be a need for people to provide medical care. […]
In 2018, Iema Becerra was enrolled in Castro Valley Adult & Career Education, working on her high school diploma. Completing her education had been a lifelong goal. However, between having to work at a young age and having children, there had been no time to go back to school. Now she was finally getting the chance. […]
Linette Escobar, a teacher and transition specialist at Castro Valley Adult & Career Education, has been teaching English as a Second Language to adults for more than 24 years. For the last 10 years, Escobar has been part of the staff at CVACE. […]
During the economic downturn of 2008, California allowed school districts to close adult schools or reduce their funding. But one school district understood the importance of their adult school and decided not to make any cutbacks. […]
Teaching can be a challenge, and never has that been truer than in the last few years, when COVID created an unprecedented upheaval educators scrambled to work around. But adult students face a unique situation even without an international pandemic: holding down a job, caring for a family or navigating a new country, all while trying to attend school. […]
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