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Bruce Baron
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History, Social Science

School of Education

Email: [email protected]
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Biography

After attending UCLA and the University of Nairobi in Kenya, Bruce received his BA in Comparative Cultures from UC Irvine. Bruce began his educational career working in low SES schools at both the elementary and secondary level as a member of the National Teacher Corps program. Bruce went on to teach at the elementary, middle and high school level and has been a school principal at both the elementary and middle school level. Shortly before his retirement from the Irvine Unified School District, the school that Bruce led as a principal received the #1 Ranking for all middle schools in Orange County, and was the only school to be ranked in the top three for the first four years that the Orange County Register compiled such rankings, based on a review of State mandated educational data.

Aside from his work at the school site level, in the 1980s – the 1990s Bruce was actively engaged in multicultural education and acted as a consultant to address and ameliorate inter-ethnic tensions that existed at secondary schools throughout Southern California. His work was recognized by the Orange County Human Relations Commission with a Certificate of Commendation “In Recognition of Bruce’s contributions and efforts to cultivate genuine understanding and appreciation for the ideals of equality, human rights and justice.”

In the 1980s, Bruce co-authored the book, What Did You Learn In School Today, which was published by Warner Books and endorsed by groups ranging from the College Board and the National PTA, to the National Institute for Education. The book was later adopted by the Consumers’ Union and published by Consumer Reports Magazine as their parent guide to Education in the United States.

Bruce has taught the History/Social Science Methods course for the School of Education at UC Irvine for approximately 20 years, and his alumni now hold numerous History Department Chair positions around the Southland, while also taking on school site principalships. New teachers from his program have received recognition as “Beginning Teachers of the Year,” for both LAUSD and IUSD. Other class alumni have moved on to University site director positions for the California University History/Social Science Project, and still other alumni now have now joined the faculty at several other Southland Universities to teach their own graduate school classes on Secondary History/Social Science Methodology.
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