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| Blog Name: | Iridescent |
| Url: | http://iridescentlearning.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | social entrepreneurship, achivement gap, nonprofit |
| Description: | I founded Iridescent in July 2006 with the goal to inspire inner-city children to strive to be scientists and engineers. This blog describes our journey, our challenges,frustrations and achievements. |
| Popularity: | 80 Followers |
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Charter vs. Non-Charter schools
In the past three years we have worked in 24 non-charter and 8 charter schools. This is roughly representative of the percentage of charter schools in LAUSD (148 out of 658 schools = 22%).The table below rates the various partners (from 1-5, 1 being very poor and 5 being awesome) on the quality of administrative support, the partner teacher and parental involvement.In general what I have observed is that there really is no difference between charters and non-charters. The three things that determine school performance and quality are:The principal's dedication to the students, resourcefulness, courage and leadership abilities.Small class sizes
In the past three years we have worked in 24 non-charter and 8 charter schools. This is roughly representative of the percentage of charter schools in LAUSD (148 out of 658 schools = 22%).The table below rates the various partners (from 1-5, 1 being very poor and 5 being awesome) on the quality of administrative support, the partner teacher and parental involvement.In general what I have observed is that there really is no difference between charters and non-charters. The three things that determine school performance and quality are:The principal's dedication to the students, resourcefulness, courage and leadership abilities.Small class sizes
Results from our Parents' Needs Surveys
Robyn Hightower helped develop, conduct and analyze two parent surveys (in Fall 2008 and 2009) that would help inform our decisions on how to develop programs that directly addressed our target audience's needs in the most organic and efficient manner. Here are some key findings.Fall 2008We sampled 361 parents from eight partner schools at Back-to-School Nights. These schools were mainly situated in South Los Angeles and represented a mix of charter and non-charter schools that serve primarily low-income Hispanic and A
Robyn Hightower helped develop, conduct and analyze two parent surveys (in Fall 2008 and 2009) that would help inform our decisions on how to develop programs that directly addressed our target audience's needs in the most organic and efficient manner. Here are some key findings.Fall 2008We sampled 361 parents from eight partner schools at Back-to-School Nights. These schools were mainly situated in South Los Angeles and represented a mix of charter and non-charter schools that serve primarily low-income Hispanic and A
How to get hired? INITIATIVE
Lately I have been reviewing a lot of resumes (both for volunteer and paid positions at Iridescent), going to career fairs and interviewing candidates and came to a few conclusions about hiring.I used to be an international graduate student not too long ago and distinctly remember the feeling of desperation when you submit your resume to 5000 black holes.But now I realize that good people are very hard to find and employers have the same feeling of desperation that they won't get the right person for the job. So if you know you have the right stuff, then there are two things you could do that would get you hired in a heartbeat.Be picky.Show initiati
Lately I have been reviewing a lot of resumes (both for volunteer and paid positions at Iridescent), going to career fairs and interviewing candidates and came to a few conclusions about hiring.I used to be an international graduate student not too long ago and distinctly remember the feeling of desperation when you submit your resume to 5000 black holes.But now I realize that good people are very hard to find and employers have the same feeling of desperation that they won't get the right person for the job. So if you know you have the right stuff, then there are two things you could do that would get you hired in a heartbeat.Be picky.Show initiati
How useful are educational videos?
We are playing with a new tool (called Knoodle) that enables you to synchronize powerpoint presentations with a video. I think this is a very powerful approach.Here is an example from our cardiovascular mechanics course.Share and annotate your videos with Ulearn!
We are playing with a new tool (called Knoodle) that enables you to synchronize powerpoint presentations with a video. I think this is a very powerful approach.Here is an example from our cardiovascular mechanics course.Share and annotate your videos with Ulearn!
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