By Julie Johansen The Emery School Board met on Wednesday evening at Emery High School. The meeting began with work session during which Emery Educators Association (EEA) President Tiffani Cowley and Vice President Ty Horrocks gave a presentation to the board about collaboration intentions and desires for the association. They also stated the goal for
July 6, 1954 December 29, 2023 Hyrum, UT Geneva Grange Crookston passed away on December 29, 2023, at age 69, after a 4-month battle with lung cancer. She was a remarkable woman who touched the hearts of everyone she knew. Although her passing leaves a void in our lives, we celebrate her legacy and
Emeryville’s school district is celebrating dramatic improvements in its Black students’ standardized test scores from 2022 to 2023, bucking statewide and even national trends where Black students’ scores remained largely stagnant or declined slightly year over year. In Emery Unified School District, where Black children are 45% of the student population, they made double-digit gains in their English and math scores. | By Brandon Patterson Emeryville’s school district is celebrating dramatic improvements in its Black students’ standardized test scores from 2022 to 2023, bucking statewide and even national trends where Black students’ scores remained largely stagnant or declined slightly year over year. In Emery Unified School District, where Black children are 45% of the student population, they
For most K-12 student groups in California, test scores have been maddeningly flat since the pandemic. But for Black students, stagnant scores have been particularly frustrating: Black students’ math and