Schools Report

  What should college graduates do after commencement?  Get a job? Go back for a graduate degree?  Move back to their parents’ house? FullertonStories.com interns Liz Ehlers and Patrick Corcoran asked students and people in Fullerton what they thought a graduate’s next course of action should be. Watch the video.   Share|
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In recent weeks, Fullerton School District salaries have come under scrutiny from local activists who say teachers earn more than their private-sector counterparts. But statistics show that private-sector professionals with similar advanced degrees make significantly more. Business professionals with an MBA from University of California, Irvine, for instance, can start their career with a...
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As the weekend gets closer, graduates from Fullerton’s five universities prepare for commencement ceremonies. Scrambling to get their cap and gowns, sending out last minute graduation announcements and finding ways to get more family members than are allowed into the ceremony may be some of the things that top graduates’ priority lists in the...
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  Elementary and high school teachers clashed with KFI talk show personalities John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of “John and Ken Show” on Thursday afternoon at a “State of Emergency” rally. Wearing red, teachers from Fullerton and nearby cities lined both sides of Harbor Boulevard between Brea Boulevard and East Valley View Drive. They...
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Wearing black shirts with a white NASA logo, five Fullerton College engineering students wind red copper wire around a Superman pencil and then around two magnets for their upcoming experiment. Ferrofluid – a liquid with strong magnetic properties – is the last ingredient needed for their reduced gravity experiment, which will be tested on...
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The more math courses students take and excel in, the more likely they are to attain at least a bachelor’s degree, according to the latest research conducted by Allen W. Gottfried, Cal State Fullerton emeritus professor of psychology, and colleagues. Though such things as motivation, high grades, parental involvement and a mother’s expectations tend...
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After three nights of overnight sit-ins by student protesters, Cal State Fullerton President Milton Gordon signed the “Declaration of Education” after changing some of its phrasing Thursday. The declaration – a recommitment to an affordable and quality education – requests “fair and equitable access for all students” and for “fair and equitable contracts that...
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Students from Cal State LA, Cal Poly Pomona, Long Beach State and other area colleges joined the protesters at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday night, swelling their overnight crowd to more than 60 people. As guitars played and laptops whirred, students were more celebratory than angry, making the most of their time by applauding...
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    Student organizers at Cal State Fullerton are expecting about 100 students to join an overnight sit-in tonight on the second floor of Langsdorf Hall. The protest is a result of President Milton Gordon’s refusal Monday to sign what students called a “Declaration of Education” – a recommitment that the CSU will provide...
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  One lucky 3rd grade class from Hermosa Drive Elementary School stumbled into the video shoot for the 2011 State of the City address. Teacher Allison Garcia said the trip was to help students learn about public service and government. To test the script, student Stephen Gialamas and his classmates read from the teleprompter...
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