Los Angeles Education Partnership Opens Doors to New Early Head Start Childcare Center 

HAWTHORNE, CA - Excited toddlers walked hand-in-hand with their parents through the doors of their new place of learning and enrichment on March 4 when the Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP) launched its Early Head Start Childcare Center. 

The new facility will offer infants and toddlers a high-quality early learning experience, fostering their growth and development. The center, which has multiple classrooms, is starting with a single class of eight children ages 2-3 but will soon expand to serve more young learners and families. 

March is Women's History Month! It's a time to celebrate women who have fearlessly blazed a trail and shaped the world around us. This month, LAEP will invite a guest blogger to share their experiences and achievements as a female leader in education.

LAEP has a rich history of leading women, past and present, who have guided our work in empowering learning communities and fostering access and liberation for all.

Happy Women's History Month to the strong women making their own history every day!

Why Representation Matters in STEAM

STEAM Teaching and Learning Coordinator Micaela Washington-Harris discusses the need to inspire diversity in the STEAM field

According to the California Department of Education, the STEAM field and education are the fastest growing professions. But each is mostly white dominated, and far too few TK-12 students experience STEAM learning through educators that reflect the diversity we have in our schools and state.

Data shows that secondary students of color make up 3/4 of STEAM classes, yet only 1/4 of teachers are POC. Forty percent of California’s population is LatinX, but only 8% of the workforce in STEAM is LatinX (including education). For Black people, the representation is significantly less (2%).

Why has student diversity (race, gender, sexuality, multilingual learners, socio-economic status, and learning differences, etc.) increased while STEAM professional diversity has significantly decreased? How do we make the STEAM field more diverse?

LAEP Interim CEO Dawn A. Kurtz joined a panel discussion on "Effectively Scaling Whole-Child Support Services" on March 4 at the SXSW EDU Conference.

For four decades, LAEP has been at the forefront of the movement to create equitable educational opportunities for all children – from diapers to diplomas. Partners like you make it all possible. Thank you!