HSCred, Inc.

🚨 Attention High School Juniors & Seniors! 🚨
HS Cred here with an exciting opportunity!

For a limited time, we're offering a $200 value to up to 10 students who successfully publish a project on HSCred.app by March 31, 2026.

✅ Apply by THIS Friday
💵 Get $100 CASH if the project is published
📄 We cover the $100 publication validation fee

🤑 That means $200 in total value for students! 🎉

Even better…
🌟 Student work could be featured at the NPA Conference
🎓 College admissions officers attend
🤝 College counselors will see your work
📣 Showcase your achievements on a national stage!

⏳ Deadline: Friday
👇 Apply using the link below
https://lnkd.in/ecdFMfKv

The takeaway?

Thriving in college isn’t just about academics.
It’s about credibility. Lived experience. Power dynamics. Self-advocacy. Cultural context.

This episode connects:
➡️ Race and classroom authority
➡️ The lived experiences of first-generation and immigrant students
➡️ Identity, belonging, and institutional power
➡️ The gap between admission and preparation
➡️ Why resilience and self-advocacy are foundational college readiness skills

🙏 Grateful to our host and guest speaker for continuing to elevate conversations that move beyond admissions metrics and into human development.

🎥 Watch the full episode on YouTube here: https://lnkd.in/e442j63K

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📄 Read this week's blog post celebrating The City College of New York's CollegeNOW program as a predecessor to HS Cred 👇

https://lnkd.in/e4sKzhZk

🎓 New York State Education Department's Portrait of a Graduate Implementation Is NOT What You Think!

💡 Today’s video spotlights our latest blog post, which expands on themes from last week’s conversation with Katina Paron, highlighting how initiatives like NYC’s Journalism for All (J4A) help bring POG competencies to life for students.

🔜 Coming next week: Nadav Zeimer unpacks the critical difference between competency-based assessment and performance-based assessment — a distinction essential for any school aiming to implement POG with integrity.

👇 Read the full blog post below!

https://lnkd.in/epWr9w8z

📺 WATCH FULL INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE!

👥 In this conversation, Katina Paron discusses the transformative power of journalism education for high school students. She emphasizes the need for equitable access to journalism programs, the importance of critical thinking and civic engagement, and how student journalism can empower teens to take ownership of their learning. The discussion also highlights the unique environment of student newsrooms, the role of media literacy, and the impact of journalism on college admissions and lifelong learning.

https://youtu.be/Qiq3ba--TjE