Can Obama save teachers jobs?
By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney — President Obama is looking to send $30 billion to the states to stem the crush of teacher layoffs. The proposal, unveiled Thursday night as part of Obama’s jobs agenda, goes far beyond a $10 billion measure he signed last August to minimize the downsizing of teachers and first responders. That […]
Huntington Library Institute for the ART of TEACHING Begins
By °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Staff, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP — The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens hosted a special two-week institute for the Primary Source Network and other °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP teachers interested in the use of primary sources in social studies. Held the first two weeks in August the institute, “California’s Place in […]
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP-UCLA Lab School Join Library of Congress Consortium
By °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Staff, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP — The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP, in its partnership with the UCLA Lab School, has been selected to be a member of the Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium. Joining Stanford and the University of California at Davis, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP-UCLA […]
End-Of-Year Luncheon Celebrates the Class of 2011
By °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Staff, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP — Noting that this is the ART of TEACHING’s tenth year, Executive Director Judy Johnson greeted the 2011 graduating cohort of mentors and fellows, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP, members of the board and guests in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Auditorium of the Skirball Cultural Center on […]
Teachers Talk About Their Experiences as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Fellows
By °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Staff, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP — Teachers Jennifer Moore, Mediha Din and Elizabeth Wystrach talk about what their experience as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP fellows means to them and how it has helped to improve their teaching.
What Teaching Excellence Looks Like: Jodi Manby Teaches Reading
By °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Staff, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP — Former °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP fellow Jodi Manby teaches reading to her first grade students at Billy Mitchell Elementary School in Lawndale. Watch as she takes them ‘deep‘ into an exploration of a new book. She isn’t just teaching them to […]