Changes are a must for Fresno Unified
Change is needed because Fresno Unified is failing our kids. Only 2 percent of students are college ready and only 2 percent of English learners met or exceeded expectations in English/language arts on a recent standardized test.
If we can’t educate all of our students across Fresno, we will never have a healthy city. Let’s not fool ourselves: This education crisis is a health issue. A lack of education or a poor education contributes mightily to the crushing poverty that engulfs thousands of our neighbors and this has a tremendous impact on all of us.
The education system needs to change and it needs to work for all students. Our health depends on it.
Martha Zarate, Fresno
This story was originally published October 30, 2015 at 8:06 AM with the headline "Changes are a must for Fresno Unified."