Category: Education

Santa Monica College math major creates website that connects health care pros with much-needed PPE By Dev Jaiswal and Christina Campodonico His passions span derivatives, coding and service. Fifteen-year-old Santa Monica College math major Max Steinberg has used his interest in computer programming to join the fight against the coronavirus. Inspired by a story from a close relative, he has created a website, called Supply Chain, to help medical professionals secure more personal protective equipment. “When I heard that my close relative was going to work in a scuba mask, I was really surprised because his hospital couldn’t get...

LAUSD is ‘all hands on deck’ for the start of school and distance learning By Nick Melvoin Melvoin represents District 4 on the school board of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Los Angeles Unified School District welcomed our families back to school this week, but it was a new year unlike any other as students logged on to learn from home. In the face of this year’s nearly impossible challenges, we have rolled out unprecedented new efforts to meet the needs of the students and families I represent on the LA Unified Board of Education, while also...

Local grad Caroline Ho is making the most of an unusual summer with a fellowship at the Television Academy By Dev Jaiswal Current rising college junior Caroline Ho is pursuing a music fellowship with the Television Academy Foundation, the charitable branch of the organization that hosts the Emmy Awards. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ho’s in-person internship at a major studio was revamped into a virtual fellowship, replete with professional development programming, networking and interview prep with leading composers in the television industry. “I’m still grateful that the Emmy Foundation put together a program for us that could be...