Dana Middle School students conclude participation in FBI program

Students at Dana Middle School in Hawthorne this year got a glimpse of what it’s like to work in the FBI. A semester-long program at the school put on by the FBI concluded Monday with a graduation for the students who participated. The ceremony honored the roughly 40 students enrolled in the Junior Special Agent [...]

VBI2011: Practice Round 6

The pairings for the sixth practice round are available online. The divisions are named for three of our past camp leaders: Oscar Shine, Tommy Clancy, and Neil Conrad. (The Conrad Division will begin its practice rounds later.) All pairings can be found on the Victory Briefs Wiki.

K¹² Week Summer Reading Challenge Week 5

K¹² Week Summer Reading Challenge Week 5 Leave a comment on this weekly challenge post with the following: Book Title Genre Age Category A short review Just joining the challenge? All the details about the K¹² Week Summer Reading Challenge can be found in my earlier post.  Happy Reading! 

Highly praised educator rails at his removal from Redondo Beach post

A few years ago, Paul White, a specialist in teaching students with behavioral issues, was a media darling. People magazine hailed him as one of of five “heroes among us” for his tough-love approach; CBS News credited him for making “miracles happen every day.” That was while he was in Canoga Park. His subsequent stint [...]

VBI2011: Modules 7

Students have two sets of modules this morning. The options for the second set include Dealing with Prepouts with Nate Lintz, Evidence Comparison and Empirics Debate with Catherine Tarsney, Feminism with Bill Neesen, Strategic Issue Selection with David McNeil, The 2AR with Daniel Lumpee, Liberalism and Its Discontents with Ryan Hamilton, Beating Fast and Confusing [...]

VBI2011: Happy Birthday, Carleton Yang!

Today we celebrate the birthday of Carleton Yang of Desert Vista High School, a member of the Christian Tarsney/Steven Adler lab.