Donielle Prince

Update and Californians Input Invited on Obama/Duncan Race to the Top Education Grant

California’s participation in the Race to the Top grant initiative will accelerate with the submission of the formal application due January 19, 2010. Currently, the CA Department of Education is seeking community partners to provide support for the...

SF schools make gains with English Language Learners

San Francisco has been named as one of four U.S. school districts with successful policies for English Language Learner (ELL) students. Successful districts were identified in a study conducted by the Council of Great City Schools, in which four...

Tweet the Governor about Education... and other topics too

On Tuesday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched www.MyIdea4CA.com, a Web site for Twitter users to share their ideas about improving California. The website acts as a Twitter forum, and follows up from the June 2009 public invitation to tweet...

Public invited to teleconference on $4.35 billion education grant for schools

The U.S. Department of Education will be hosting a teleconference this upcoming Friday August 28th, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. California time) on the Race to the Top funds , and the public is...

California schools not reform-ready enough to compete for federal education funds

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced yesterday that current California law renders the state ineligible to apply for federal Race to the Top funds. This ineligibility is a particularly urgent problem in this state, which has suffered severe cuts to the...

CA first to feature digital textbooks statewide

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today the selection of the first 10 free digital textbooks in math and science to arise from his initiative launched in May, making California the first state in the nation to offer schools free, open-source...

Back to School: What can you do to keep your children healthy as they head back to school this fall?

This is a question key White House and local government officials are working on answering as the flu season approaches this fall.Kathleen Sebelius, Janet Napolitano, and Arne Duncan co-wrote an op-ed piece, for wide press dissemination, to...

"Speed dating" potential employers offers local youth a competitive edge in tough job market

Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (BHNC) launched their Fast Access! program, sponsored by Citi, on August 6. Fast Access! is designed like a “speed-dating” event, in which each youth participant engages in three-minute mock interviews with...

Federal funds for Educational Technology and Innovation in K-12

This August, the California Department of Education (CDE) has received a $71.6 million federal grant from the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) State Program as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).The CDE grant...

Three Bay Area high school students are winners in business tech competition

Three Bay Area high school students were top winners after each participated in the 2009 NFTE/CA Green Business and Technology BizCamp for Girls in collaboration with the Girl Scouts of Northern California.The program:The BizCamp, a two...

Update and Californians Input Invited on Obama/Duncan Race to the Top Education Grant

SF schools make gains with English Language Learners

Tweet the Governor about Education... and other topics too

Public invited to teleconference on $4.35 billion education grant for schools

California schools not reform-ready enough to compete for federal education funds

CA first to feature digital textbooks statewide

Back to School: What can you do to keep your children healthy as they head back to school this fall?

"Speed dating" potential employers offers local youth a competitive edge in tough job market

Federal funds for Educational Technology and Innovation in K-12

Three Bay Area high school students are winners in business tech competition

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