FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 1999
CONTACT: Vivien Hao
Communications Director
(626) 933-1804
Hacienda La Puente School Board Member
Named to State Science Curriculum Review Panel
Dr. Joseph Chang, a member of the Hacienda La Puente Unified
School District Board of Education, has been appointed by the State
Board of Education to serve as a member of the science content
review panel to evaluate instructional materials to be used in California
This summer, Dr. Chang will join the five-member panel in
Sacramento, where members will review science textbooks and other
instructional materials to ensure that they meet State Board-adopted
criteria and that content of materials is accurate and based on current
“As a member of an elite group of the state’s top scientists and
scholars, Dr. Chang’s appointment to this prestigious panel isa
testament not only to his strong academic background and extensive
experience in industry, but also to his leadership in and dedication to
public education over the years,” said John Kramar, superintendent of
the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. “
In addition to serving on the Hacienda Board of Education since
1993, Dr. Chang is employed as a task manager for Safety and Risk
Management at the Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group,
Inc.,a leading international engineering and construction firm based
He is also an assistant professor in the Computer Science
Department at Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. Chang is a former faculty member
at Cal State Los Angeles and Pasadena City College.
Dr. Chang/State Science Review Panel
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A native of Taiwan, he taught science at Hsin-Shz Elementary
School on Matsu Island after receiving his BS in Mathematics from
National Taiwan University. Later, he
earned an MS in Applied Mathematics from the University of South
Carolina and an MS in Nuclear Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering
Sciences from Northwestern University.
A resident of Hacienda Heights for 22 years, Dr. Chang has a
interest in improving science education in local public schools. “At the
end of this century, science and technology is changing at an ever-
accelerating rate. I am committed
to raising the level of science instruction for our students, so that they
compete in fast-growing global technology fields, and march
confidently into the 21stCentury,” Dr. Chang said.