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Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services
EDUCATION It inspires, empowers, and opens
the door to a world of opportunities and economic mobility.
That’s why Ford Motor Company Fund’s top
priority is education.
Ford remains committed to continuing our founder Henry
Ford’s legacy of corporate citizenship.
During his lifetime, Henry Ford had a profound interest
in education, funding sever K-12 schools and other education
institutions around the world. Today we continue
his legacy by investing in education at all levels to
empower our youth.
Ford Motor Company values inclusion, and believes our
competitive strength comes from our diverse work force.
By working with our partners in education to inspire
the next generation of skilled workers, we ensure a
highly skilled and diverse workforce in today’s
competitive global economy. www.ford.com/en
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The County of Los Angeles Department
Of Public Works
The County of Los Angeles is proud to sponsor Plan-It Earth
and to provide the Los Angeles Times as a resource. With a
focus on the environment - particularly pollution prevention
and solid waste management - the lessons will give students
the chance to research environmental issues related to preventing
water pollution, recycling to preserve natural resources and
handling toxic and other solid wastes ina responsible way
that protects the environment. We thank teachers who work
with these materials for helping their students on the path
to a greater awareness of the impact they can have on the
quality of life on the planet we share. www.ladpw.com
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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is proud to join the Times in Education Program by providing the updated curriculum, Water, Energy, the Environment and You!
The curriculum reflects key issues of current interest to Los Angeles residents - Los Angeles’ water supply, water and energy conservation, air quality and environmental responsibility.
The updated curriculum includes a new section on William Mulholland, history of the aqueduct, water supply sources, and two new lessons on water conservation. Two water conservation surveys for home and school are enclosed as a tool to help implement conservation practices.
LADWP is proud to be recognized as one of the City’s leading organizations in continued support of educational partnerships such as Times in Education. LADWP’s educational programs are dynamic; such as Teacher Workshops, Science Bowl Regional Competition and Adopt-A-School and are ever evolving to meet the needs of the community. If you have questions, comments or suggestions regarding the education programs, please contact Walter Zeisl, Manager of Environmental Communications and Educational Services at (213) 367-1342 or visit our educational web site at http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp004782.jsp.
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Hitachi
The Hitachi, Ltd. Los Angeles corporate office has been contributing to Los Angeles communities since 1986. Along with establishing the California Public Affairs Forum, the office also supports several non-profit organizations through both financial and product contributions. Hitachi Ltd. employees also volunteer for the company’s Community Action Committee activities and visit and speak to students in schools throughout Southern California. In addition to the Times in Education program Hitachi Ltd. supports in local schools, the company also rewards California high school seniors who have taken the initiative to help make their communities safer places to live (Hitachi Safety Scholarships).
www.hitachi.us
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Partners in Education
Our Partners in Education are our wonderful Los Angeles Times subscribers. They donate to Times in Education in various ways. When subscribers stop their papers to go on vacation or business trips, they are asked if the would like to donate the cancelled papers to Southern California schools, and many say “YES!”. Subscribers also donate through private contributions to support their local schools. These funds paid for more than eight million newspapers for Southern California students in 2003. |
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Los Angeles Unified School District
The Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest school
district in California.
The District partnership with the Los Angeles Times in Education
program started as a pilot program in 1986 with a few schools
and has grown to provide award-winning Times in Education
curriculum materials and more than 1.5 million newspapers
to teachers and students throughout Greater Los Angeles throughout
the year. As a part of the partnership, Times in Education
supports the annual District Academic Decathlon. www.lausd.net
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Metrolink
Metrolink is committed to using our unique perspective as
Southern California’s commuter rail provider to enhance
education opportunities for the young people in all our communities.
We join with the Los Angeles Times to bring to you a new teaching
resource – The Learning Express.
With this program, students will tap into real-world social
issues and themes found in the Los Angeles Times. They will
be able to practice making tough, critical choices in a safe
environment, while sharpening their reading, math and critical
thinking skills. We hope that the more resources we can place
in the hands of our young people, the greater the likelihood
that these students will return to our communities with fresh
and imaginative ideas and the commitment to create safer laces
to live and learn. www.metrolinktrains.com
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Port of Los Angeles
From the clothes that you wear to the car you drive to the avocadoes in your
guacamole, international trade affects every facet of our lives. As the
nation's number one container port moving more import and export goods than
any other in the nation, the Port of Los Angeles is an economic engine and
job provider for the region.
Through our partnership with the Times in Education Program, the Port of
Los Angeles can share our story with students throughout Southern California
and make them more aware of the global economic powerhouse in their own backyard.
The Port's "Maritime Adventure" curriculum includes activities on historical
changes in the maritime and trade industries, immigration to California, trade routes,
economic impacts and jobs creation, vocabulary and figurative speech, the environment
and habitats at the Port.
The Port of Los Angeles has several additional educational programs available, including
a free School Boat Tour Program which takes more than 11,000 students on a one-hour harbor tour
each year. For more information on the Port’s educational programs, please see the Port's website at
www.portoflosangeles.org or e-mail
edtours@portla.org.
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