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May 5: IDEA director testifies on African-American achievement gap

Posted by bustamante at May 05, 2010 12:40 PM |
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John Rogers, director of UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access, will testify on the achievement gap for African-American students in Sacramento today.

Rogers was invited by the California Legislative Black Caucus to participate in an informational hearing that will focus on the current state of black students in public schools. Titled “Closing the Achievement Gap: An Examination of the Challenges and Opportunities for African American Students in California Public Schools,” the hearing will discuss education policy issues like curriculum and instruction, teacher quality, expectations, drop-out and retention and educational equity, as well as the roles of accountability and leadership.

Today’s information will be used by the caucus to formulate its education policy agenda for the rest of the year. 

The hearing will begin at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Building Room 112, Sacramento, Calif.

May 4: LA h.s. students get "chance of a lifetime"

Posted by bustamante at May 04, 2010 02:10 PM |
Filed under: IDEA News

This weekend, the Council of Youth Research was invited to share its findings with a national audience at the American Educational Research Association's annual conference, held in Denver this year.

All yearlong, twenty-seven students from five Los Angeles Unified School District high schools surveyed more than 1,400 students, interviewed peers, teachers, counselors and administrators, and reviewed data to answer the question: How is the economic crisis impacting education?

The students at Woodrow Wilson High School shared their excitement about the conference and their insights on the council.

Click to read "Chance of a Lifetime"

 

April 25: John Rogers discusses students and poverty with SB Sun

Posted by bustamante at Apr 27, 2010 10:15 AM |
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IDEA Director John Rogers told the San Bernardino Sun that poor students are more likely to move around frequently and more likely to go hungry than other students. They inevitably bring that stress into the classrooms.

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April 21: Sophie Fanelli and Marisa Saunders highlight Linked Learning approach to high school reform

Posted by bustamante at Apr 22, 2010 11:05 AM |
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About 75 Los Angeles Unified School District administrators and lead teachers of small learning communities heard presentations Wednesday about Linked Learning—an approach to school reform that focuses on students being prepared for college, career and civic participation upon graduation.

IDEA Director of Research Sophie Fanelli and Senior Research Associate Marisa Saunders provided an overview of Linked Learning (formerly known as Multiple Pathways), including highlights from IDEA’s 10 case studies of schools and programs statewide that have implemented this approach or are committed to it.

For more information on IDEA’s Linked Learning project, click here.

April 19: Computer science field trip covered by Daily Bruin

Posted by bustamante at Apr 19, 2010 09:00 AM |
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"I came to this concerned about educational equity and about equal access to knowledge. Computer science is one of those fields in which there is so much inequity in access," said Jane Margolis.

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