Category: K-12 Leadership Pathway

Information on infusing leadership and life skills in K-12 education.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month!

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As a “connected society” we face constant cyber threats against our critical infrastructure and economy. As individuals, cybersecurity risks can threaten our finances, identity, and privacy. October 2014 marks the 11th Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. Students throughout California are learning how to foil cyber-attacks through a
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Six UC Davis C-STEM Courses Receive A-G Approval

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The UC Davis C-STEM Center has announced today that all of the six courses it submitted to the University of California Office of the President for A-G approval have been approved. This year, C-STEM will support six high school courses with A-G approval and four middle school courses. High school courses developed by the C-STEM
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Circle the Schools – San Francisco Partnership Program

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Relationships are more important than transactions. Circle the Schools program organizers intend to move beyond drive-by volunteerism, in which a company parachutes into a school for a few hours of benevolence and photo ops, and then disappears. Instead, participating companies will make a one-year commitment to the school they adopt. The companies will listen to
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$6 Million Dollar Gift Will Promote Computer Science

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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is taking action to help make computer science an elective in San Francisco’s middle schools. Salesforce.com is gifting $5 million to the city’s public schools and $1 million to Code.org for computer science education. The company sets aside 1 percent of its equity for a foundation, 1 percent of its employees’
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