Center Will Focus on Closing the Achievement Gap among Students in K-12 Schools
(LONG BEACH) – Today, Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach) and California State University (CSU) celebrated the virtual opening of the CSU Center to Close the Opportunity Gap, housed at CSU Long Beach.
Virtual Opening of the Center to Close the Opportunity Gap
Center Championed by Assemblymember O’Donnell Will Call CSU Long Beach Home
(Long Beach) – The California State University (CSU) and Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach) will be holding a virtual ceremony to launch the CSU Center to Close the Opportunity Gap.
(Sacramento) - The Assembly Education Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach), will be holding a joint informational hearing with the Assembly Committee on Communications and Conveyance titled “New Reality: Students’ Access to the Internet for Distance Learning.”
Long Beach Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell (D-70) is home from his sixth year in the state legislature — one he calls the strangest yet.
"It definitely is unprecedented," O'Donnell said in an interview last week. "It was interrupted by COVID; we started, stopped, then started again.
"I'd have to say it wasn't marked by the quantity of the legislation, but by the quality," he added. "There were fewer bills, but they were more effective."
O'Donnell was a high school history teacher before and during his tenure on the Long Beach City Council. He continues to emphasis education in his Sacramento efforts. He is chair of the Assembly Education Committee.