Top Rank Schools

Last week I took the Securing Networks with ASA Foundation (642-524) exam and passed with a score of 954/1000. It has been 3 years since the last time I took a Cisco exam because I had to renew my CCNA/CCNP/CCSP certifications which were going to expire this coming March. The good thing about recertification is that you can pass any current 642-XXX professional level exam in order to renew ALL of your Professional Level certifications, no matter if the exam is related with security or routing and switching. Therefore by passing the 642-524 exam I have renewed both my CCNP and CCSP for 3 more years. This particular exam will be offered up to 4/8/11 and then will be replaced by the new 642-617 FIREWALL v1.0 exam.

I have noticed that the exam was more difficult from the past and that Cisco has taken measures for more accurate evaluation of the knowledge possessed by the exam takers. There were some “real world” scenarios in the exam which showed an ASDM Graphical User Interface which you could click on it and navigate inside the ASDM just like a real one. The Read more…

Charter school named among top 10

Inglewood. An Inglewood school is one of the top 10 independent charter campuses among more than 800 statewide, according to a report released last week by USC.

The USC School Performance Dashboard, put out by the university’s Center on Educational Governance, is a comprehensive report on the performance of charter schools. In its fifth year, the report ranks schools on 12 indicators, including financial resources and investment, school quality, student performance and academic productivity.

Wilder’s Preparatory Academy Charter was highlighted as the 10th of 10 top charter schools, as measured by the highest combined ratings. It was the only school singled out from Los Angeles County, which has the greatest concentration of charter schools in the country.

The largely African-American school is a K-8 campus that opened in 2003. The school is on North La Brea Avenue.

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The USC study is at .

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The effects of bullying can cause lasting emotional wounds. Joy Price Lewis

Sadly, we have seen an increased amount of  tragic news stories about the drastic measures some students have taken as a result of classroom bullying.  Bullying has been a part of our culture for many years, but has taken an unfortunate turn for the worse due in part to increased accessibility to online platforms that can use to harass their peers.

This week, we are spotlighting the  The L.E.A.D. Program, developed to create student leaders who will be positive role models for their peers.  The L.E.A.D Program features student workshops in Bullying; Conflict Resolution and Athletic Team-Building.

The bullying workshop is taught by former NFL stars Marques Sullivan and Harold Blackmon.