MAYOR PLEDGES TO EXPAND LA'S BEST PROGRAM.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Committing himself to expand after-school programs in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. said Thursday that a new study shows LA's BEST is producing real results in reducing the dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rate. Villaraigosa and LA's BEST board members, including philanthropist Eli Broad Eli Broad (born June 6, 1933) a native of Detroit, Michigan is a Jewish American billionaire who lives in Los Angeles, California. His last name is pronounced as rhyming with road. Broad is well known for his philanthropy and extensive art collection. , gathered at Griffin Avenue School in Lincoln Heights Lincoln Heights may refer to:
It found that the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. has a dropout rate of 36 percent - midway between what the district and its critics say - but that students participating in the intervention program dropped out 20 percent less often. ``LA's BEST is a model after-school program, and this study shows the rest of the nation that a dedicated effort to keep students in school can work,'' said Villaraigosa, who helped raise $7 million, including proceeds from inaugural galas, to expand the program to 17 more schools last year. ``With one-third of our children failing to finish high school, we must do everything within our power to ensure that children stay in school and graduate.'' He said he would raise another $7 million to add 17 more schools this year. Los Angeles' Better Educated Students for Tomorrow program operates in 147 of the LAUSD's 431 elementary schools. The after-school program started nearly 20 years ago is mostly funded with tax dollars, but about a quarter of its money comes from private donations, said Carla Sanger, who heads the program. Broad has donated more than $8 million to LA's BEST over the past five years. ``We are pleased that our investment in LA's BEST is resulting in quantifiable returns, and that LA's BEST is successful at keeping students in school and improving their academic performance,'' Broad said. The program provides students with a snack, homework assistance and activities, including arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , drill team, dance, theater, visual arts, sports, math and computer clubs, music, reading groups and field trips. To be eligible for the program, more than 70 percent of a school's students must qualify for the free or reduced-cost meal program. Currently, 90.6 percent of children enrolled in LA's BEST qualify for the free or reduced-cost meal program. |
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