The Manhattan Beach Unified School District administration initiated a pilot program for the Smarter Balanced Assessment System, as created by the state of California in conjunction with the new Common Core academic standards. This new […]
The four-year planning system for freshmen, provided by Costa guidance counselors, is beneficial for creating an outline of a potential course load. However, students need more time with the counselors and need to be given […]
The Manhattan Beach Unified Teachers’ Association’s decision to begin a teacher “slowdown” as a method to reach a satisfactory end to contract negotiations is a viable way to increase awareness for the issue, even though […]
While the College Board has aptly addressed certain long-held criticisms of the SAT with the arrival of a refined test in 2016, the changes do not satisfy the underlying problem: the SAT does not accurately […]
Mira Costa Principal Dr. Ben Dale disbanded the Ed Council during its March 4 meeting on accounts of inefficiency and hostile behavior. Whether Dale’s ruling was just or not, the outpour of polarized opinions regarding […]
The MBX foundation charges reasonable fees for Costa students to take classes over the summer and uses its profits for the betterment of student life. MBX is an organization that runs a variety of educational […]
When Mira Costa band and orchestra students returned to school after Winter Break, they did not have lockers because the retrofitting of the band hall had already begun. The Manhattan Beach Unified School District demonstrated […]
While Mira Costa’s main focus should be to foster students with the goal of succeeding in college, it is unfair to assume that every student would benefit from beginning another four years of structured education […]
Mira Costa’s new teacher evaluation system addresses some shortcomings of the former structure, yet still requires further changes to ensure that the evaluations are as effective as possible. On Sept. 30, the Manhattan Beach Unified […]
With Manhattan Beach Unifed School District’s recent increase in technology usage and coexistence with the goal of “21st-Century Learning” in mind, the need for a larger Information Technology Department is apparent. Throughout MBUSD, there are […]
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