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January 2010 > School News
GSE Alumni at Top of National Award-Winning Schools
Two Bay Area schools boasting five School of Education alumni recently received national recognition.
San Francisco’s Edward Taylor Elementary School, whose principal Virginia Dold was among the first to graduate from the Principal Leadership Institute in 2001, was named one of the 2009 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Only 23 other schools in California received the honor.
“Our school community is thrilled,” said Dold. “We’ve worked really hard to reduce the achievement gap at our school, and we’re seeing academic gains for all our students. We’re seeing that the teaching strategies we’re employing to better support our African American and Latino students apply to all our children.”
In January, the Alameda Science and Technology Institute (AST1) received a bronze medal from U.S. News and World Report for being named among the best high schools in the nation. Three Multicultural Urban Secondary English (MUSE) graduates — principal and teacher Steven Fong (MUSE 2004); teacher and counselor, Jennifer Ahn; and writing and leadership teacher, Yvonne Valdez (MUSE 2008). Masters and Credential in Science and Mathematics Education (MACSME) graduate Todd Higashi (MACSME 2005) teaches Biology at AST1. All four also participated in GSE's Project Impact.
Fong told the Alameda Sun that because of ASTI's relative youth as a school and its enrollment demographic, being “considered to be up there with some of the better schools in the state and Alameda County is a really good feeling."
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