All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for free
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#2I think this is a good idea. That is the first time in a long time I have thought "wow, the state is doing something useful with my tax dollars"
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Don't people with the lowest test scores benefit the most? If you already know everything, what's the point of going to school?
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> Making college free regardless of academic preparation (the article does not mention any) is a bad idea.
Where does it say that acceptance is guaranteed?
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#7I hate Newsom but I think this is a good idea. Education and support should be 100% free for those in the more difficult economic situations.
Re: All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for free
#8I think this is a good idea. That is the first time in a long time I have thought "wow, the state is doing something useful with my tax dollars"
also free lunches in schools
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/states-that-have-passed-univer...
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My understanding is that the Fostering Futures program only affects tuition costs, not admission probability. Foster students will still need to work hard to get into the state schools that offer them free tuition.
If anything, this policy may (slightly) increase the average test scores at California state universities. Now that foster students can attend for free, it means there will be more applicants, and this means the universities can be more selective with who they admit.
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Don't people with the lowest test scores benefit the most? If you already know everything, what's the point of going to school?
Not necessarily. At some level you run the risk of not being able to get through college at all. Accreditation requires courses to be conducted at a certain level. In fact as I understand it the correlation to success in college is how the standardized test companies originally sold themselves. My college math advisor was a consultant for one of those companies.
Now, I hope California has included community colleges and trade schools in this program, where some of those students might stand a better chance.
Also, the stuff tested by the tests is pretty remedial to begin with.