Below you will find links to press about our programs, as well as letters to us and from us.
Cleanup of Schenectady’s shuttered Carver Community Center begins
Students from the Schenectady-WIN program part of the efforts Excerpted from The Daily Gazette, March 26, 2019 Cleanup of the shuttered Carver Community Center took place on Tuesday as the group behind its renovation was getting it ready for contractors to walk through….
Schenectady-WIN a win for the trades
Excerpted from The Daily Gazette, April 28, 2018 Jie Ma is about to graduate from a training program with a job guarantee. But when I ask him why he spent 18 months learning construction, earning his high school equivalency degree, a certificate…
Building Better Workers
Excerpted from the Times Union, April 14, 2018 Keenan Chandler has always been interested in construction work, and after six weeks in the classroom he can’t wait to get out into the field and get some real-world practical experience. On Friday, the…
A Teacher’s Testimonial
A former student recently stopped by the classroom she first stepped into years ago. For Juanita, it was a trip down memory lane; for me, it was proof positive of the value of Help Yourself. As a third-grader, Juanita was an eager…
Three Cheers for Dr. Hull and His Third-Graders!
Christian Science Monitor, Letters to the Editor, May 31, 2007 Regarding Roger Hull’s Opinion piece about making college attendance more possible for at-risk youth: Three cheers for Dr. Hull and his third-graders! How right he is that the time to start interesting…
Christmas gift theft at Crossgates draws huge response
Excerpted from the Times Union, December 21, 2016 Nearly $2,000 in donations has poured in from dozens of people for the Ruby Tuesday server whose wrapped Christmas presents she bought for family members after working extra shifts were stolen from her car…
Program Offers Dropouts a Career in Construction
Excerpted from The Daily Gazette, October 30, 2016 Rockie Mann owns his own construction company, and he’s always looking for good, skilled workers. Trouble is, such workers are hard to find. It’s a common lament, one I’ve heard from others who work…
Four Keys to Success with a GED
Excerpted from the Times Union, October 10, 2016 Some think those on welfare like to sit back and collect their checks; others believe most people would prefer to work, rather than be on welfare. I am firmly in the latter camp. Through…
Diversity Revisited
Excerpted from the Huffington Post, December 29, 2015 We need to rethink our approach to diversity on college campuses. Unfortunately, since I started calling for a new approach a decade ago, not much has changed. Yes, colleges have brought numbers of foreign…
New Approach Necessary in Education
Excerpted from a guest column in The Daily Gazette, December 7, 2014 To Einstein, insanity was doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result. Unfortunately, we are doing the same thing again in education. During the 1980s, a number…