http://www.aamainc.us The Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans Content Managers RSS feed. . Copyright 2010 The Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans Tendenci Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@aamainc.us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:22:19 GMT Content Managers http://www.aamainc.us/en/cms/22/ AAMA operates two pioneering high schools for students otherwise left behind. Serving more than 700 students at campuses in Houston and San Antonio, George I. Sanchez Charter Schools offer a unique educational alternative for at-risk students who have not been able to succeed in traditional large high schools. What signifies an at-risk student? The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has identified 12 factors that put high school students at-risk for dropping out of school, including failing two or more core subjects, pregnant or parenting, placed in an alternative education program, previously expelled, homeless, on parole or probation, and identified as Limited English Proficiency. While 60 percent of students in alternative schools statewide have one risk factor, more than 80 percent of AAMA’s students have at least one risk factor. In fact, more than half of the students at GIS have two or more of these risk factors and nearly 85 percent are behind more than two grades levels when they... http://www.aamainc.us/en/cms/22/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:04:54 GMT