Tickets Still Available Pasadena Educational Foundation will present ED TALK with Larry Mantle — a unique, in-person educational event this Wednesday, November 9 from 6 – 7 PM at the Ramo Auditorium at Caltech. Moderated by renowned radio personality Larry Mantle, ED Talk will feature a panel discussion of nationally-recognized…...
PEF Presents: ED TALK with Larry Mantle [Media Release]
A conversation with nationally-recognized experts and local education leaders about public education with a Pasadena perspective. PASADENA, CA – Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF) is holding a special education-focused panel discussion featuring nationally-recognized experts and local education leaders — ED TALK with Larry Mantle on Wednesday, November 9 from 6-7 P.M.…...
Community Partnerships: The Art of Living Together
Over the course of a few weeks, the Pasadena Chapter of the National Charity League, Leadership Pasadena, and the Eliot ARTS PTSA volunteered their Saturday mornings to help rejuvenate the Eliot school garden for classroom use. School gardens are natural places to reinforce symbiotic community relationships. The Pasadena NCL sought…...
Pasadena Educational Foundation Announces 7 New Board Members
For Immediate Release Pasadena, CA—We are proud to announce the election of seven new members to our Board of Directors: Karen Burgess, Karina Montilla Edmonds, Carina Jacob, Rick Kidd, Steven Miller, Mabell Garcia Paine, and Patrick Zarifian. The election was held at the April 19, 2022 Board of Directors meeting…...
PUSD Proud Update: Ethnic Studies Recognized by UC System
A team of Pasadena Unified School District experts has been recognized by the University of California for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies course in our high schools. The course was created to broaden the perspective of American history available to our students and was funded in part by grants…...
Pasadena Educational Foundation Book Club
Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism – and, even fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. by Dr. Ann Snow Pasadena Educational Foundation Board member Professor, California State University, Los Angeles As Dr. Ibram X. Kendi…...
Honoring Our Director of Development, Angela Parris
From all of us at PEF—thank you, Angela, for the years of passion and dedication to the betterment of our PUSD schools and the uplifting of the many students who walk their halls. Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF)’s first Executive Director, Joan Fauvre, was expanding the work of PEF and needed…...
What’s New
The Sound of Community: How Muir’s Puente Club is Growing Their Booth- PEF Celebrates the 2026 Cohort of PUSD Certified Realtors
- Leaders of Progress: Cultivating the Next Generation of Trailblazers
- Pankow Builders Shows What It Means to Build With Purpose
- Young Changemaker Raises Funds for Students Impacted by the Eaton Fire
