Category: Education

October is Bullying Prevention Month, and San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) credits its innovative undercover anti-bullying teams with reducing student-on-student harassment. The District’s Positive Youth Development Department, in collaboration with university professors, designed an effective, holistic system to respond to incidents of bullying centered around empowering students to encourage kindness and respect. Known…

Nominations are now being accepted for the First 5 Riverside (F5R) Champion for Children Award. The nomination form and guidelines are available online at http://www.First5Riverside.org. Entries will be accepted until Nov. 1. The Champion for Children Award was created to honor and bring awareness to people and organizations whose leadership and advocacy embody the vision…

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty.…Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.” Those were the words…

San Bernardino City Unified School District is pleased to offer a free, nutritious breakfast and lunch to every student every school day for the 2019–2020 school year. Multiple studies have shown that when children experience hunger, it can have serious and lasting impacts on their physical and intellectual growth. According to Feeding America, children from…

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, an international women’s service organization with a focus on education, will celebrate its centennial year in January 2020 by awarding a historical $100,000 scholarship to a deserving young woman. Eligible students are encouraged to apply by January 16, 2020; a link to the application and detailed instructions can be found…

Canton, MI — Cameishi Lindley, a mother from Michigan, says she was shocked and disappointed when she learned that her 10-year old son, Bryce, is facing assault charges for allegedly causing injuries to another student while they were playing a school game similar to dodgeball. Last week, Lindley reportedly got a call from Wayne County…

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — I HAVE A VOICE NOW! (www.ihaveavoicenow.org) a national youth advocacy movement, with origins tethered to historic national and Oklahoma civil rights movements, is calling all children to let their voices be heard through a national YouTube listening session starting June 26, 2019. Ayanna Najuma, Age 7, Katz Drug…

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – On May 24, San Bernardino Valley College ushered in its newest class of graduating students, and reflected on the many milestones that were achieved by the college’s students, staff, and faculty in the past academic year. Clad in black gowns and a variety of colorful stoles and tassels, the students were…

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) recently congratulated seven area high school students accepted to the U.S. military service academies. The students were nominated by a panel of judges with military backgrounds. Following a rigorous application and interview process, the judges made their recommendations to the respective service academies for final approval….

Grambling, LA – May 9, 2019 – Grambling State University’s Class of 2019 includes three of the schools most historic athletes: Shakyla Hill, De’Arius Christmas, and Marc Orozco – who have broken school, conference, and national records during their college sports careers. “Our athletics programs attract some of the best and brightest students in the…

Moody’s Investors Services has upgraded the San Bernardino City Unified School District’s (SBCUSD) financial rating, a move that could signal lower interest rates on school bonds and lower costs for taxpayers. The general obligation bond upgrade from A2 to A1 reflects the District’s strong financial outlook and makes it an attractive investment opportunity. Much like…

Lynchburg, VA — Police officers in Virginia are under fire for handcuffing and detaining four Black male college students with at least one gun drawn. They were stopped for having a broken tail light, and of course, many believe this is yet again just another case of racial profiling. The students from Virginia University of…

King Middle School is the District’s fourth and newest School to Watch. King joins just 15 other schools across California to earn the prestigious honor this year from the California Department of Education and the California League of Schools.  Curtis, Golden Valley, and Serrano Middle Schools earned the Schools to Watch designation in previous years….

California State University, Northridge has partnered with the University of California, Berkeley and the Compton Unified School District (CUSD) to launch a three-year pilot program to improve the retention rates of male teachers of color. If successful, the program’s organizers hope that it will provide a national model for increasing the retention rates of African-American,…