California Department of Education
Taking Center Stage – Act II

Nonprofit organizations

An issue brief from Public Education Network outlined how a number of local education funds (LEFs) have been working to improve mathematics and science instruction in public schools. They approach the problem from a variety of angles:

  • Building coalitions of educators, businesses, and community members
  • Establishing networks so teachers learn from and support one another
  • Training subject-matter specialists to coach teachers in a school1

In the Spotlight

Aliso Viejo Middle School (Outside Source), Capistrano Unified School District. The YMCA helps the school to offer on-site before- and after-school programs.

Edna Hill Middle School (Outside Source), a Schools to Watch™-Taking Center Stage 2007 model, Brentwood Union Elementary School District. The Police Activities League’s After-the-Bell program offers homework help by trained, college-age leaders.

Local nonprofit agencies that frequently work as partners in local schools include the following:

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Footnote
1"Math and Science Reform" (PDF; Outside Source), Local Education Fund Issue Brief, Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 2006).

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