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Provide students on demand learning, at their pace
When one learns to control oneself and emotions, one can control even more.
On the job training, through internships and more.
An approach enabling the development of real world survival skills & the ability to compete in the global economy.
The Hernandez Foundation for Education | Lifecraft | Mentorship
The Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Breakdown:
· R– Real (as in real-world, relevant)
· E– Education (core focus)
· M– Model (a blueprint to follow or replicate)
· O– Opportunity (access and upward mobility)
· D– Discipline (structure, self-mastery, accountability)
· E– Empowerment (confidence through competence)
· L– Leadership (guiding self and others)
Our current educational model is outdated and has led to disarray amongst our youth.
Reforming our education system comes down to re-modeling our education system.
A solid education is how we help people help themselves.
Let's get student to teacher ratios down, by introducing technology / software so that students can learn at their own pace while having access to teachers in real time, & remove extraneous coursework in favor of real world based learning.
Have students, on a monthly basis see a therapist or take required courses on emotional intelligence. If people can learn to control their emotions, it will not just teach people how to treat each other but how to handle themselves. This mental health class, gives a student credit, where a student learns about depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental disorders. Plus, good coping skills and ways to get help.
Have students learn home economics, business, wood shop, technology-- real world courses, including creative arts. So that out of school, students can survive. Remove math, advanced science, & foreign languages, make these electives.
Utilize technology so that students can learn at their own pace. Each student interfaces with a teacher at a distance or a set of videos to learn a subject. Rough edges get smoothed out by onsite teachers.
The logic is that if people feel & and are able to understand their emotional selves, they will be less prone to violence, not be victims of abuse, & they will think long term in their decisions. This means people who get along and no school shootings. Please talk about it and ask your legislators & influencers to help to make this a reality.
The statistics support the model.
If school doesn’t teach life, we’re leaving kids exposed.
RemodelEducation.org modernizes K‑12 with survival skills, arts, and structured after‑school programs—targeting the same hours and behaviors that predict long‑term failure and community harm.
Summary
If you want measurable movement on public safety + workforce readiness, the data supports a strategy of:
1. Raise literacy and math, and
2. Increase engagement + protective factors through survival skills (personal finance/home economics), extracurriculars/after‑school, and arts—because disengagement tracks with crime risk, and multiple program evaluations show reductions in delinquency/discipline.
Those program types are primarily engagement and attachment mechanisms. If you reduce “disconnected youth” and improve achievement/attendance, you’re pushing on variables that—at area level—track strongly with crime outcomes.
After‑school risk window
Afterschool programs reducing delinquency
Mentoring / structured extracurricular support
Arts programming and behavior
Core+ Extended Learning.
Mastery (Literacy + Math)
National learning reality
California learning reality
The supervision gap (and why it matters)
Arts are not “extra”
Disconnected Youth (youth not in school or work) correlates positively with homicide rates:
(Computed from CHR 2024 county-level measures; missingness exists for some counties.)
SECTION 1.
(a) All persons shall be reserved the right and be entitled to education services consistent with the prescribed model:
1. Inclusive of on-site and off-site treatment services for mental health and related psychological therapy, as it pertains to personal and inter-personal development. Treatment that is protected by standard medical privacy laws, including and not limited to the Healthcare Insurance Privacy and Portability Act (HIPPA)
2. Inclusive of access to audio and video, appropriately timed and high speed consistent, resources for individualized learning so as to learn at ones individual speed, concurrent and consistent with the generalized theme of the lesson plan for the grade level.
3. Security of onsite school sites and offsite school electronic databases. Inclusive of double doored entry points, fully fenced areas, cameras at key private entry/exit points, and policing authorities with the ability to detain and arrest.
4. Inclusive of a coursework curriculum revolving around basic individual and group survival skills, toward development of a thriving student body such as and not limited to creative arts, for creative self expression; technology and wood shop, for vocational introduction and training; home economics, for establishment of good habits in terms of financial acumen, financial management, efforts toward identifying career options, the ability to take care of oneself including cooking, cleaning and other similar basic tasks.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect ___ days after its passage.
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The mission is to channel money into education reform—funding programs, electing leaders, and shifting policy—so we can build a stronger, smarter, and more ethical civilization. This isn’t just about helping people today. It’s about building the foundation for a global standard that prepares humanity to survive, evolve, and eventually thrive among the stars. Over generations, this will empower individuals to be happier, more capable, cross-trained, and resilient—so that together, we’re ready to meet the challenges of a thousand years, and maybe even outlast the universe itself.