The Frostig Center is pleased to announce that the S. Mark Taper Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to Frostig to support its work to improve the lives of children and youth who have learning differences. The Frostig Center operates a school that enrolls 125 s... More »
Appropriately enough, elections and schools were the main topics of conversation Thursday evening as the Pasadena City Council and the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education met for a joint meeting in Council Chambers at City Hall. The first item ... More »
Over 50 students, staff and parents from Pasadena’s Sequoyah School marched from campus to City Hall Tuesday morning armed with signs in hand and chanting synchronized slogans to protest President Trump’s Executive Order restricting individuals from seven Musl... More »
One of the most common complaints about education is the lack of practical application. Students and, sometimes parents, wonder what the value is in learning names and facts when these bits of knowledge don’t translate into higher education or the workplace. “... More »
Today, Senator Anthony Portantino introduced SB 328 which will require California school districts to start their middle and high school days no earlier than 8:30 am. “Every year we discuss as parents, educators, and legislators, best practices and interests o... More »
Alumnus Sébastien Candel (PhD ’72) has been elected as president of the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences, Institut de France). Candel is a member of the Mechanical and Computer Science section and was vice president of the Academy in 2015-2016... More »
Alongside the happy and cheerful sound of all of the students in the choral, band and orchestras in the two-day music festival Pasadena Unified School District is staging starting tonight there are even happier notes being played by administrators who say the ... More »
Pasadena City College has been restored to full accredited status after a thorough evaluation process by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), one of three accrediting groups belonging to the Western Association of Schools and C... More »
Caltech and The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens are barely a mile apart and have long served as twin anchors of Pasadena’s intellectual and cultural life. Indeed, Caltech co-founder George Ellery Hale played a key role in the establi... More »
Haya Kaliounji is 19 years old. A motivated PCC student, she is taking two classes this Winter Intersession, a heavy lift in the shortened six-week term. She hopes to follow in her brother’s footsteps and attend UCLA to study biology. She’s an accomplished Gir... More »
Julissa Arce, a writer, social justice advocate, and former investment banker who made headlines when she revealed her undocumented immigration status, will serve as the guest speaker for Pasadena City College’s 2017 Commencement ceremony. Arce was chosen from... More »
Young adult author Kate DiCamillo visited Blair Middle and High School Feb. 3 to meet the first place winner of a Scholastic Reader essay contest, sign books, and speak with students. “It was amazing to be standing next to a writer whose work I’ve ad... More »
