Bryan High School senior Ashley Gomez, far left, shadows the zookeepers in the lemur exhibit at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha. Ashley says the school program spurred her interest in a zoology career.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, a Republican, speaks at Sullivan Central High School in Blountsville, Tenn., last year before a ceremonial signing of the bill that created the Tennessee Promise program. Considered a national model for President Obama's proposal of free community college, Tennessee's program is the first statewide effort to offer two years of free tuition to high school graduates.
Jeremy Gabrieo and his daughter Gabriel River browse at the book fair at Mt. Rainier Elementary School in Maryland. Earlier, Gabrieo attended a breakfast and lecture for the Men of Mt. Rainier, a group made up of the parents and guardians of children at the school. The school has been working with a nonprofit to reach out to more parents.
FROM LEFT: Students and parents sit in on the “Surviving Your 1st Year & Beyond” workshop during a conference held last month by the District of Columbia College Access Program. Conference offerings cover everything from time management to how students from diverse backgrounds can adapt to a predominantly white university.
