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How This Arts Nonprofit Offers Free, Bilingual Arts Education to Southeast L.A. Kids
Budding Artists founder Dakota McMahand started the nonprofit to fill gaps in arts education opportunities for kids ages 0-5. Now, the organization serves more than 2,500 children and adults in Lynwood, Compton and surrounding southeast Los Angeles communities.
L.A. educator and PBS Early Learning Champion Charisse Sims works with children
Why This L.A. Teacher is Passionate About Alternative Approaches to Early Education
Meet Charisse Sims, the L.A. educator and PBS KIDS Early Learning Champion who founded an anti-racism preschool and now runs a literacy program and works with parents to help teach their kids.
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A Former Sports Producer Shifts Game Plan in Her Youth Journalism Classroom
Ryanne Meschkat, a video and TV production teacher at Canyon High School, shares her journey from the live sports truck into the youth journalism classroom, plus her challenges and opportunities during the pandemic.
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