Dancers start training early. It’s not unusual to see preschool children lined up at the barre, learning the knee bends known as pliés. Serious dancers, those who want to make dance their profession, have hundreds of hours of practice behind them by the time they reach their teens. That’s not how...
While New York City has its runways, L.A., with its unique brand of fashion, has distinguished itself as the place to shop for wholesale buyers worldwide. On the heels of this movement, one established tech company is racing to connect fashion professionals from around the world on one online platform.
Today, there’s a technology for practically every need. But many people don’t realize how much human work it takes the keep these technologies humming — and how much of that work is not done by highly paid app designers and software engineers. There are millions of minute tasks that computers just...
Around the small northern Florida farm where Timothy Smith grew up, education did not come first — or easily. The schools were old, small and sparse. Smith worked in the fields as part of his chores and rode the bus more than an hour each way to and from school. “I picked tobacco, peaches, bell...
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With childhood health on everyone's mind, nothing seems more old-fashioned (or even out-of-touch) than a candy-based school fundraiser.Offering a completely different approach, Woodlake Orchards Fundraising helps schools and other organizations reach financial goals using a product California is...
Think of it as a district-wide fridge to hang up kids' art. The Eastside Arts Festival, now in its fourth year, celebrates the artistic achievements of East L.A.'s elementary school children.The program is the brainchild of Maureen Longaker, a 10-year classroom veteran who taught theater arts in...
Lisa Stallings was planning a career as a physical therapist when a friend suggested she pursue a job as an educator. “I do not come from a family of educators. It was truly a fluke,” recalled Stallings, a first-grade teacher at Coronita Elementary School who was named the 2014 Riverside County...
Born and raised in New York City, James Steyer traces his interest in children's education back to his mother, who was a schoolteacher in Harlem and the South Bronx.After he graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, he volunteered to work with his mother as a teacher at a high school for disadvantaged...