{"id":32474,"date":"2012-09-14T10:49:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T14:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=32474"},"modified":"2012-09-14T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T14:55:29","slug":"why-these-kids-get-a-free-ride-to-college-fishman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/09\/14\/why-these-kids-get-a-free-ride-to-college-fishman\/","title":{"rendered":"Why these kids get a free ride to college [Fishman]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/16\/magazine\/kalamazoo-mich-the-city-that-pays-for-college.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32476\" title=\"WhyGetFreeRideToCollege-Fishman-9-14-12\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WhyGetFreeRideToCollege-Fishman-9-14-12.jpg\" alt=\"Why these kids get a free ride to college --= from The New York Times by Ted Fishman\" width=\"622\" height=\"596\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WhyGetFreeRideToCollege-Fishman-9-14-12.jpg 622w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WhyGetFreeRideToCollege-Fishman-9-14-12-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Back in November 2005, when this year\u2019s graduates were in sixth grade, the superintendent of Kalamazoo\u2019s public schools, Janice M. Brown, shocked the community by announcing that unnamed donors were pledging to pay the tuition at Michigan\u2019s public colleges, universities and community colleges for every student who graduated from the district\u2019s high schools. All of a sudden, students who had little hope of higher education saw college in their future. Called the Kalamazoo Promise, the program \u2014 blind to family income levels, to pupils\u2019 grades and even to disciplinary and criminal records \u2014 would be the most inclusive, most generous scholarship program in America.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalamazoopromise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32475\" title=\"TheKalamazooPromise\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TheKalamazooPromise.jpg\" alt=\"The Kalamazoo Promise- free college\" width=\"772\" height=\"432\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TheKalamazooPromise.jpg 772w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TheKalamazooPromise-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I would like to thank the <em><strong>anonymous<\/strong> <\/em>donors who created and continue to sustain the Kalamazoo Promise; and to recognize their <strong>humility<\/strong> and <strong>service<\/strong> to society. They didn&#8217;t announce their gifts with trumpets; rather, they quietly gave without wanting to put their names to these enormous, life-changing gifts.\u00a0 What a great example for many of the nation&#8217;s top 1%-5% to follow!\u00a0 It&#8217;s amazing what generous hearts can do.\u00a0 The LORD knows who did it and continues to do it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Excerpt: Back in November 2005, when this year\u2019s graduates were in sixth grade, the superintendent of Kalamazoo\u2019s public schools, Janice M. Brown, shocked the community by announcing that unnamed donors were pledging to pay the tuition at Michigan\u2019s public colleges, universities and community colleges for every student who graduated from the district\u2019s high schools. 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