The California State University Sacramento (CSUS) College of Education recently awarded Hiram Johnson High School's Education and Leadership Academy with the Educational Partnerships Award. The program’s director Shana Just, who teaches biology at Hiram Johnson in addition to coordinating the Education and Leadership Academy, accepted the award on behalf of the program. (Disclosure: she’s my Mom!). The Education and Leadership Academy, a small learning community at Hiram Johnson funded by a grant from the State Department of Education, partners with the College of Education’s Accelerated College Entrance (ACE) and Preparing Urban Teacher Leaders in Secondary Education (PULSE) programs to