Statewide education summit takes place at CSUSB Palm Desert Campus

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From CSUSB Palm Desert: The third annual Better Together: California Teachers Summit is a free day of learning by teachers, for teachers, open to all California educators on July 28 at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus, and dozens of other locations across the state. Registration is now open and can be done online at: http://cateacherssummit.com/register.“The Better Together: California Teachers Summit provides teachers the opportunity to meet and discuss the best practices for teaching, practices that have been tested in the experiences of teachers in our region,” said Todd Jennings, an assistant dean in CSUSB’s College of Education, which is hosting the event at the university. “The daily demands of teaching often leave teachers unable to share ideas and strategies with teachers not in their districts or schools. Better Together provides that opportunity to learn from each other in ways that benefit the region’s youth, and indeed our collective future.”Biden, wife of former Vice President Joe Biden, is a lifelong educator who has taught at community colleges, a public high school and a psychiatric hospital for adolescents over her 30-year teaching career.



As Second Lady, she worked to highlight the importance of community colleges to America’s future while continuing to teach as a full-time English professor at a community college in Northern Virginia. With the February 2017 launch of the Biden Foundation, Biden and her husband will continue their commitment to public education.



“Dr. Biden is an inspiration for all California teachers,” said Leslee Milch of Carl E. Gilbert Elementary School in the Buena Park School District. “We can’t wait to hear her insights from the classroom and her vision to better support all of our students.”



The theme of this year’s summit is “Now More Than Ever,” which reflects the importance of bringing teachers together to listen and learn ...

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