Learn To Be Foundation

Learn To Be is proud to partner with Project Access, an organization that assists low-income families and seniors in affordable housing achieve self-sufficiency through access to onsite services in education, health and social services. 

On Tuesday, Learn To Be visited Project Access at Tara Village in Cypress, CA to check up on the progress of some students.

Thanks Project Access!

To promote the importance of higher education, Learn To Be partnered with the Anaheim Achieves after-school program on June 6 at the 8th annual Anaheim Achieves Showcase at Pearson Park. Learn To Be staff had the opportunity to reach out to more than 1,000 children, parents and community representatives in a fun-filled afternoon with games, prizes and free resources for families.

As parents gathered more information about free online tutoring, children enjoyed playing ring toss with Learn To Be's new mascot, "Tobe."

On Friday, members of the Learn To Be executive board met with tutors and members of the new steering committee of the 2009-2010 Learn To Be student club at UCLA.  This fall, the Learn To Be club will debut on campus with the mission of recruiting a community of tutors dedicated to serving the Learn To Be cause.

UCLA student Maxie Gluckman with LTB co-founders Neeraj Kapoor and Stephen Chen.

Left to right: Kelly Shu (tutor), Josephine Lee (tutor), Lisa Nguyen (Finance Chair), Maxie Gluckman, Betty Hom (Director), Neeraj Kapoor, Michael Soh, Bryan Liu and Stephen Chen.

Learn To Be attended Zócalo Public Square's "Closing California's Education Gap" lecture on June 3 to discuss how a state that once was a leader in providing quality education has now fallen significantly behind in producing college-going students and graduates.

If current education troubles are not addressed, the California economy could face a shortage of one million college graduates by 2025, according to a recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California. One reason for this shortage is the decline of California's elementary and secondary public education systems, which face severe proficiency gaps and continue to struggle for funding.

Learn To Be strives to meet with education leaders in discussing ways to improve educational opportunities for students.

Left to right: Jim Newton, Los Angeles times editorial pages editor; Michele Siqueiros, executive director of the Campaign for College Opportunity; Hans Johnson, PPIC associate director of research and senior fellow; Gary Orfield, UCLA professor and co-director of the UCLA Civil Rights Project

Left to right: Lynn, Bruce, Bryan and Stephen