The Learning Report – May 2020
News, updates and perspectives on the future of education from Learn4Life.
Author: Learn4Life
KTLA5 News – Learn4Life providing remote learning and baby supplies to teen parents during COVID-19
HOPE Program Coordinator Staci Roth was featured on KTLA 5 Morning News! Staci talked about how Learn4Life is supporting our students – especially our parenting-students, through home deliveries, virtual parent-circles and so much more. Original Article Link Here
Parenting Students Get Extra Help During Remote Learning
Every year, 25,000 teens give birth in California – and 70 percent of teen moms don’t graduate high school. About 1,300 of Learn4Life students are pregnant or parenting, so we are doing everything we can to keep these young mothers engaged in school and learning parenting skills – even during remote learning. Before COVID-19 […]
A Trauma-informed Approach Helped Ethan Flourish
Home life was a toxic environment for Ethan, with his parents constantly yelling and fighting. Then because of their drug abuse, he and his little brother were placed in the foster care system. Unfortunately, there wasn’t an available family who could take them both, so they were separated. This was traumatizing for Ethan and something […]
Schools Need to Address Student Trauma – Especially During Remote Teaching
Every teacher in every school has students who have experienced or are living with trauma in their lives – and many recognize that the trauma may be escalating with school closures. Just because we’re not in the same room as our students, we still need to support their social-emotional health and help them cope […]
Learn4Life Teacher’s Hobby is Now Helping First Responders
Richard Carranza is one of our teacher-chaperones to our old partner Makerspace in Riverside. While spending time there, he decided to take a few classes, including 3D printing. He loved it so much, he purchased his own 3D printer to make it a hobby. These days, he is using that 3D printer to make hundreds […]
Schools Need to Address Student Trauma During and After Distance Learning
Every teacher in every school has students who have experienced or are living with trauma in their lives – and that trauma may be escalating with distance learning. Learn4Life emphasizes the need to support students’ social-emotional health and help them cope in this uncertain time. Some students struggle to continue their studies in a less structured […]
Career Tech Ed – Former Cable News Reporter Meets Virtually with Media Arts Students
Former Cable News Reporter Daisy Gonzalez recently joined a virtual classroom with our Career Tech Ed students to chat about her personal industry insights and to answer any questions about Media Arts. Our students are currently starting credits 4 and 5 covering broadcast journalism, learning the terminology and inner workings of news reporting, and documentary filmmaking. […]
High School Seniors Are Proudly Presenting Their Graduation Yard Signs
All over the country our students are remotely learning, but that hasn’t stopped our students and their families from wanting to proudly show off their accomplishments. Learn4Life has recognized our seniors and presented them with custom-made yard signs so they can showcase their accomplishment and hard work. Congratulations to each of our L4L High School […]
1890 Universities Foundation Helps Students Get Scholarships to HBCU’s
In partnership with the 1890 Universities Foundation Learn4Life is offering its students and graduates the opportunity to attend select Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) on scholarship. Interested? For More Info Click Here to fill out the Google Form