B.E.S.T Men Teach-Black Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching

The Kern High School District and Project BEST partnered with California State University, Bakersfield for the inaugural B.E.S.T Men Teach- Black Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching event on January 16, 2020. Around 300 high school students spent the day at CSUB listening and learning from local educators about their path to the classroom. Organizers said the goal of the event is to inspire young African American males to pursue a career in education. Gayle Batey, a longtime supporter of Education in Kern County, and her husband, originally funded Project BEST in 1992 to increase graduation and college attendance rates of African American male students in the Kern High School District.

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