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[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text] A PSA from the students of Santa Barbara Unified: This pandemic has disrupted many [...]

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text]When the current school year started with distance learning, it was clear that teachers would [...]

Santa Barbara Education Foundation joins those demanding changes to policies and practices that continue to perpetuate bias and racism in our public institutions. Public schools, with their inherent diversity, can be powerful engines of social [...]

Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Carolyn Ross to its Board of Directors as Santa Barbara Unified School District teacher representative. Ross is an alumnus of Stanford University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Eryn Shugart, Ph.D., to serve as Major Gifts Officer. Eryn is a Santa Barbara native who holds a doctoral degree in psychology from [...]

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text]By Hilda Maldonado, Superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Our county has made [...]

Source: The Independent By Cassie Lancaster   Making Every Dollar Count One of the more pernicious aspects of the pandemic has been the widespread erosion of financial security. Regardless of our socioeconomic status, many of us [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Eder Gaona-Macedo to its Board of Directors. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, Gaona-Macedo migrated to the United States at the age of four and his mother and younger brother [...]

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text]Mission Scholars and Partners in Education are co-hosting a College + Career Virtual Open House [...]

So much has changed—but one thing remains the same—our students need an engaging and meaningful education, now more than ever when we are only able to teach our students from a distance.  We learned a [...]

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text] Santa Barbara Unified Ethnic Studies Community Forum Bringing the classroom into the community, and [...]

Students, You're Not Alone — The Way Forward in Pandemic Times Source: The Independent By Cassie Lancaster Even before the pandemic, there was plenty of anxiety surrounding college admissions. My students would often describe the [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation awarded SB Unified music teachers with $24,000 to purchase necessary instruments and materials for the upcoming school year. This year SB Unified music teachers are adapting more than just their [...]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Isis Castañeda to its Board of Directors. Castañeda has worked with teens, young adults, and their families in the Santa Barbara area since 1997. Castañeda is currently the [...]

Source: Santa Barbara Unified School District SBUnified Education Leaders Respond to Governor Newsom’s Announcement that Districts in Santa Barbara County Must Open the School Year With 100% Distance Learning California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on [...]

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][divider line_type="No Line"][vc_column_text]Thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate the Mission Scholars Class [...]