Articles Tagged “education”
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Mother-daughter duo shine at CSUSB
By Gabbie Corral |Staff Writer| Kimley Jones and her daughter, Kourtney, have been attending CSUSB together for the last five years and have been loving every minute of it. They will both graduate together this June—Kimley with a master’s degree in education and Kourtney with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. “I love that even though [...]
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SQE informing students about fee increases and how to strike
By Alejandra Arana |Staff Writer| Students for Quality Education (SQE) held a Strike School workshop on April 26 to teach students how to strike and provide more information about the upcoming fee increase for Fall 2012. Students from SQE shared their experiences of past strikes which allowed the other students that were there an inside [...]
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CSUs to hire STEM teachers
By Courtney Sims |Staff Writer| California State Universities push President Obama’s initiative by providing over 1,500 math and science teachers over the next three years. The STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math) initiative, constructed by the Obama Administration calls for an $80 million demand for the U.S. Department of Education. STEM is an integrated approach [...]
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Arizona bans ethnic studies programs in schools
By Katherine Valadez |Staff Writer| Ethnic minorities are a hot political topic in Arizona once again. Under a new law, schools across the state are prohibited from offering ethnic studies classes or face having state funds withheld from them each month if they continue to offer classes. Already having been under scrutiny for its controversial [...]
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Jennings named CSUSB professor of the year
By Jacqueline Scholten |Staff Writer| Interrupted in the midst of his lecture, Todd Jennings, professor of education, was greeted by CSUSB President Dr. Albert K. Karnig and his entourage presented him with CSUSB’s Outstanding Professor of the Year. More than 40 colleagues, administration, faculty members and past winners of the award joined Karnig and the [...]
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Gov. Brown adds LGBT courses to state classrooms
By Courtney Sims |Staff Writer| California is the first state to require public schools to educate K-12 students on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, through required textbooks and mandated courses. In July 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown signed off on the historical law that requires California’s public schools K-12 to integrate LGBT into school curriculum. [...]
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See the stars at CSUSB’s Observatory
By Melissa Benton |Staff Writer| The $3 million state-of-the-art Murillo Family Observatory is the only teaching facility of its kind in the Inland Empire. The observatory held its official ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 18. Its official open house was scheduled for Jan. 27, but was canceled due to high winds. Another open house is in [...]
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My plan to a tuition free CSU
By Lizbeth Lopez |Staff Writer| It is no secret that many students are upset with the tuition fee increases, and we have shown our displeasure, but we need to present a proposal to solve the decrease in state funding toward higher education and the constant tuition increases. The state should implement a merit based scale [...]
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DREAM Act calls for federal action
By Louis Penna |Managing Editor| [Originally published in 11/17/11 print edition, pg. 7] http://issuu.com/coyotechronicle/docs/10_17_full_issue Starting 2013, certain undocumented migrant students will be able to qualify for state financial aid at public universities and community colleges. Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 131, the second half of the California Dream Act. This bill’s passing [...]
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New CA ballot initiative fights for free tuition
By Courtney Sims |Staff Writer| A new ballot initiative hopes to make California State Universities tuition-free, leaving Californians to pick up the check. The state has come a long way from its original plan, which was founded in 1960, that promised a free education for all residents. Since then California has faced a tough financial crisis [...]
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