Tag: education
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Parental Engagement Secret to Academic Success
By Dr. Elizabeth V. Primas The National Family Engagement Summit of 2018 was held in Richmond, Va. Throughout the summit, multiple opportunities were provided for attendees to interact with some of the nation’s leading experts in parent and family engagement. Participants came from near and far. Over 300 teachers, parents, administrators, and community activists participated, ... -
S.B. Valedictorian Shares Story of Perseverance
From twin sister valedictorians who have had nearly every class together since kindergarten to a self-driven Latina who was once afraid to speak English and now plans to become a lawyer, San Bernardino City Unified School District’s Class of 2018 has produced many stellar graduates. There’s Jalen Stevenson, who is making history not because he’s among nine Cajon ... -
New S.B. Entrepreneurial High School Opens
By Dianne Anderson Across the street from Waterman Gardens where Ray Culberson spent time growing up, there was something oddly familiar about the big box facility that would someday become an answer to his dream. A building that sat as a vacant shell for years is now a full circle experience for Culberson, who thinks ... -
School Choice Not the Right Choice for All Students
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas When the best educators in America traveled to Washington, D.C. for a series of events celebrating innovation in the classroom and to share best practices in K-12 education, they let officials at the Department of Education and the White House know exactly how they felt about the Trump Administration’s current push ... -
Aaron Burgess: Journey to the Top
By Dianne Anderson Years after Aaron Burgess worked his way up to Executive Director at CSU San Bernardino Santos Manuel Student Union, there are more than a few occasions to remind him of how he started out. In the 1980’s, working the late shift as a janitor at CSUSB through several upper management promotions where ... -
Graduation is Just the First Hurdle
By Julianne Malveaux Marvel’s “Black Panther,” Chadwick Boseman, graduated from Howard University with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA) in 2000. On May 12, Boseman returned to his alma mater to address the Class of 2018, while receiving an honorary degree. The Howard University graduation is one of more than 100 Historically Black College ... -
CSUSB Dwindling Black Student Enrollment
By Dianne Anderson Excitement over this year’s graduating class is running at peak high for Cal State University San Bernardino, alongside its polar opposite around Black student enrollment, which is scraping bottom. As they say, the numbers don’t lie. For Walter Hawkins, a retired CSUSB data analyst, the dwindling numbers of Black students at the ... -
Devonte Kilgore: Not Another Statistic at SBVC
San Bernardino Valley College student Devonte Kilgore admits he had doubts along the way about what it takes to get through college life, but one thing he didn’t want to be was another statistic – unless he was actually studying statistics. If not for Guardian Scholars Foster Youth Services and several dedicated counselors who guided him ... -
S.B. Sailor One Step Closer to Becoming Navy Physician
Navy Ensign Andrew D. Anderson has completed his first semester of study at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md., and is well on the way to becoming a Navy physician. Last summer, Mr. Anderson took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... -
High School Young Men Return to CSUSB for Black and Brown Confab
For the third time, Cal State San Bernardino will welcome back around 250-300 male African-American and Latino 10th graders on Friday, May 4, for the annual Black and Brown Conference. The conference began when these young men — who come from five Inland Empire school districts in Colton, Fontana, Rialto, San Bernardino and Victorville — were ...