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Monday, October 19, 2009 By District News
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Congratulations Dr. Blessing T. Mupanduki, Desert Mirage High School teacher, his dissertation research paper “The Effectiveness of a Standards-Based Integrated Chemistry and Mathematics Curriculum on Improving the Academic Achievement in Chemistry for High School Students in Southern California” won the California Educational Research Association’s (CERA) 2009 Outstanding Paper Award! CERA has also invited Dr. Mupanduki to be a presenter at the 2009 CERA State Conference in November in San Francisco, and to attend the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) national/international conference as a representative of the sate of California in April 2010 in Colorado. Each state is given one presentation slot and Dr. Mupanduki is the presenter for California and will address approximately 14,000 national and international scholars, researchers and educators.
**On Friday, the 23rd of October Dr. Mupanduki along with one of his students and an administrator will be interviewed by Mary Silverman, Producer of KPSP Local 2’s Eye on the Desert. Dr. Mupanduki will be featured as one of Coachella Valley Unified School District’s “Top Teachers.” Filming will take place at Desert Mirage HS and will air on Tuesday, October 27, at 5:45 p.m.
Other “Top Teachers” who have been featured on Eye of the Desert are Jenny Lopez-Ngigi, Vince Macy, Monica Murillo and Brian Katz. Last month Maribel Solis, Las Palmitas 2nd grade teacher was featured. You may watch that segment on KPSP Local 2’s website http://www.kpsplocal2.com/entertainment/default.aspx
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