Posts Tagged as "Education"

LBCC Recording Program in Jeopardy

Oct. 16, 2012 / By
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By Betty Villalobos

As budget cuts threaten Long Beach City College academic programs, students in the music department link arms and stand ground against the menacing boulder heading directly towards the Recording Engineering and Record Producer programs...

The Long Beach Community Database

Oct. 15, 2012 / By
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The Long Beach Community Database was developed as a community service by ReThinking Greater Long Beach to provide a publicly available common set of statistical information about Long Beach, California, for those interested in making Long Beach a better place for all residents to live and work...

Long Beach Public Education Leaders Warn Against Prop 30 Failure

Oct. 10, 2012 / By
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By Noah Kelly

Photo by Sarah Bennett

One of the nicer days of late was host to some grim portents as leaders from Long Beach’s three educational bodies held a press conference to outline the dire consequences if the Governor Brown-sponsored Proposition 30 does not pass in November.

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Health Happens In Schools

Sep. 22, 2012 / By
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A forum on parent participation in schools,  academic success and,  positive school environments.

The Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach Schools Work Group will be hosting a forum on schools in Long Beach where we want to hear from parents and youth and their experience: involved in the schools, academic opportunities and the school environment...

School discipline forum addresses dropout crisis

Sep. 21, 2012 / By
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By Kevin Shelton

On Sept. 5, The Pat Brown Institute held a forum in at the Fresno convention center.

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Youth Reporter Attends Prep School in Search of Opportunity

Sep. 4, 2012 / By
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Why does Coachella Unincorporated reporter Johnny Flores leave Coachella every morning to attend private high school in the affluent community of Palm Desert?..

Parent Trigger Reform: A New Age for Community Education?

Aug. 15, 2012 / By
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Edgardo Cervano-Soto wrote this article under a New America Media youth-education reporting fellowship, a program supported by the California Education Policy Fund...

At Central Valley School, A Recipe for Success

Aug. 5, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Stephanie Espinoza

Stephanie Espinoza wrote this article under a New America Media youth-education reporting fellowship, a program supported by the California Education Policy Fund...

Study Claims Students Not Being Challenged

Jul. 26, 2012 / By
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By Edgardo Cervano-Soto

This year, reports of California’s budget cuts to its education system have dominated the education headlines...

Human Relations Education and Facilitator Training

Jul. 22, 2012 / By
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Below is the link for students and adults to register for the Summer 2012 Human Relations Education and Facilitator Training. 
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LBUSD Meeting on New City School Escalates Into Civil Disobedience

Jul. 18, 2012 / By
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By Brian Addison Long Beach Post

New City Public School (NCPS), a chartered educational institution that has been in operation in Long Beach since 2000, has faced an uphill battle over the past year in order to keep operating...

Rebirth of Baby Boomers–New Markets, Technology Create Connections and Jobs

Jul. 13, 2012 / By
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Alianza News/New America Media, News Report, Gerardo Fernandez , Posted: Jul 13, 2012

Photo: Seniors are shown using Facebook at the Andrew Jackson Center in the Bronx, N.Y...