OUSD Science in the News

The long-standing OUSD Science Teacher Leader program and model receives national attention with the publication of the article, "Defining teacher leadership: A framework" in the November 2018 issue of the academic journal Kappan.

The article is co-authored by Rebecca Cheung, program director of the Principal Leadership Institute at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, Tom Reinhardt, former OUSD Science Manager, Elisa Stone, program director of Cal Teach at the College of Letters of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and Judith Warren Little, Professor of Education Policy, emerita, at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today saluted the innovative science instruction taking place at Edna Brewer Middle School—instruction that will be coming to all of California’s public schools as a result of recent efforts to dramatically enhance and modernize science education.

“As a former science teacher, I couldn’t be more excited by the learning I saw today in Jeri Johnstone’s eighth grade integrated science class,” Torlakson said. “It’s hands-on, interactive, and collaborative. Students and teachers ask lots of questions and work like scientists. These are the kinds of skills needed for success in high school, college and the modern workplace.”