05/06/2013 - 04:02
SUNNYVALE -- I Belong: Culturally-Responsive Interventions for Math Science Instruction gives educators the tools to address the low participation rates of African-American students in advanced math and science courses from June 12-14, 2013 with exercises in the Computer History Museum and Tech Museum of Innovation. Registration includes the Queen Calafia classroom kit of seven culturally-responsive books. A workshop schedule includes:
9 a.m. CSI/ESPN exercise Wonder why students can remember everything in the latest police procedural or break down the injury status of their favorite player? Participants will format a CSI episode the way it would be taught in school.
9:30 a.m. The chemistry and neurology of psycho-social interventions The chemical responses to stimuli and how classroom environments affect positively or negatively students. What happens when learned helplessness sets in. Anatomy of “Anti-Knowing”
03/18/2013 - 21:46
SAN FRANCISCO--His clients include Hall of Famers in multiple sports, but Harvey Shields may be proudest of the work he does every week with a 96-year-old.
03/03/2013 - 03:35
SAN FRANCISCO -- Fifty years later, Dr. Oba T'Shaka considers the five-year San Francisco Freedom Movement "the most important thing I've ever done," although almost no one knows about it.
