The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced it will receive a three-year $2.4 million grant from the United States Department of Education High School Graduation Initiative. PUSD will receive approximately $800,000 annually to support dropout prevent... More »
 Principal Pannell accepts award from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced that Eliot Middle School was named a 2010 School of the Year by the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for its commitment ... More »
The rate of improvement in student achievement continues at Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), as middle schools and high schools post double-digit gains over the last five years, and elementary schools continue to rise, according to the 2010 Standardize... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District’s (PUSD) is offering an intensive two-week Algebra-readiness class to give incoming ninth graders a jumpstart in high school math before the start of the new academic year.  The free class begins August 23 at Blair IB ... More »
As the result of the Pasadena Educational Foundation’s successful “Technology Challenge†initiative, 24 PUSD schools have raised significant funds – a total of $118,729 — to pay for technology at their schools. The “Technology Challenge†was the fi... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) announced that McKinley School Kindergarten teacher Tina Repetti Renzullo has been named the district’s Teacher of the Year. Ms. Repetti Renzullo is also PUSD’s nominee for the Los Angeles County Teacher of the... More »
After almost two years of negotiations, the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education approved a tentative agreement with the United Teachers of Pasadena (UTP), the union that represents district teachers. If approved by the UTP members, the... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education voted last night to issue final layoff notices to 207 teachers, librarians, administrators, nurses, counselors, psychologists, clerical and maintenance workers to meet a $23 million budget deficit ... More »
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Edwin Diaz made the following statement in response to early results of the Measure CC election: “Based on early results from the Los Angeles County Registrar, the majority of Altadena, Pasadena and Sier... More »
The Pasadena Educational Foundation’s seventh-annual Summer Enrichment Program is open to all students in the Pasadena area. Two complete programs for students in kindergarten through 8th-grade take place July 6 to Aug. 5. Classes for high school students take... More »
Research in genomic sciences, astronomy, seismology, and neuroeconomics are some of the many projects being funded at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Â As part of the federal government pr... More »
Two Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) school have won the 2009-10 Title I Academic Achievement Awards. Hamilton Elementary and Willard Elementary are among a select roster of California schools that will be honored by State Superintendent of Public Instr... More »
