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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Late donations from Eli Broad and others helped charter advocates shift power on L.A. school board |
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A charter-school advocacy group relied on major last-minute donations to help turn around a key Westside school board race and propel its favored candidates to a majority on the Los Angeles Board of Education, newly disclosed financial reports reveal. The contributors in the final stretch of the L.A. Board of Education campaigns included philanthropist Eli Broad, who gave nearly $1.9 million in April and May to California Charter Schools Assn. Advocates, and Manhattan Beach businessman William Bloomfield, who overall contributed $2.275 million, the vast majority in April and May. |
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-la-school-board-money-20170803-story.html |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Teachers learn new style of sharing science with students |
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Greg Brown had been teaching science in the Bay Area for years when the idea came to him for a new style of teaching the subject. Why not take classic science activities and add a twist — starting with exploration? “Rather than telling it, let kids find out for themselves,” said Brown, whose colleagues describe as a local legend in STEM education. |
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http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/01/made-science-teaches-teachers-to-teach/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Cal State to help students graduate by overcoming hurdles of remedial classes |
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With an eye to increasing graduation rates, the California State University is adopting far-reaching strategies to help students overcome obstacles posed by remedial classes in math and English. The changes stem from new policies announced Wednesday by California State University Chancellor Timothy White and tackle several aspects of remedial education for freshmen that advocates have been championing for years. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/cal-state-adopts-new-policies-to-help-students-who-need-remedial-help-in-english-and-math/585645 |
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