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Competitive Grants Will Make Our Students Winners & Losers « EdVox

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Competitive Grants Will Make Our Students Winners & Losers

by Zakiyah Ansari

I understand the importance of successful performance for holding the bar high. My eldest daughter Anisah graduated high school with an Advanced Regents diploma, graduated from Baruch College Cum Laude, B.A. Sociology, and last year graduated from Hunter Graduate School of Social Work with her Master’s Degree. She will begin her PhD in Criminal Justice in March 2012. My daughter Aliyah graduated valedictorian from her high school also with an Advanced Regents diploma and last year graduated from NYU with a B.A. in Africana Studies.

My four eldest daughters’ educational foundation began with a great Pre-K program and an elementary and