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Students raised in foster system honored for completing college
Soon they’ll walk across stages at college campuses around Southern California, accepting their degrees and celebrating with classmates. But at a smaller, more low-key event on Friday, they were honored with a closer set of peers: fellow foster...
Tags: California State University, Northridge, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley, Students, University of California, Los Angeles
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Letters: College? Yes!
Re "College not always cost-effective," Business, May 9 In reporting on the Brookings Institution study, "Should Everyone go to College?," The Times highlights the statistic that "a surprising 14%" of high school graduates earn more than college...Tags: Brookings Institution, Science and Technology, Education, High Schools, Colleges and Universities
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Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds
He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Travel, Moby, Wendy Greuel
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Hurdler Reginald Bell to join Eastern Michigan football team
The fastest 110-meter hurdler in a California high school can't wait to try his skills on the football field. Reginald Bell, a 17-year-old senior at Los Angeles Dorsey, is headed to Eastern Michigan on a football scholarship. He's a quarterback, but this...
Tags: National Football League, Brandon Burton, Sports, Football, University of California, Los Angeles
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Recession dragged down birth rates for less-educated women
Birthrates were dramatically reduced during the recession among women who did not finish high school, a development that far outpaced the drop among women with higher levels of education, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. Between 2008...
Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Science and Technology, Family, University of Virginia, High Schools
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Watch high school water polo player's not-cool reaction to loss
Ah, the postgame handshake line. What a great tradition in youth and high school sports. It's the perfect opportunity to show that no matter how intense things got in the heat of battle that it was really just a game, there's no hard feelings and the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Water Polo, Tim Tebow, Sports, Polo
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State recognizes schools for physical fitness, arts programs
In an era where test scores dominate discussions about education, a handful of schools received state recognition Friday for their physical fitness programs. Other groups were singled out for arts programs or career education. Warren High School in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Examinations, Medical Procedures and Tests, Siemens, Middle Schools
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2 L.A. high schools, 2 views of Jason Collins
At Harvard-Westlake, a private high school in the shadows of the Hollywood Hills, players from the basketball team heaped praise on the alumnus who this week became the first active NBA player to announce that he is gay. "We have a lot of pride in him,"...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Gay Rights, Sports, ESPN (tv network)
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Letters: L.A. schools are No. 1 -- and No. 2
Re "2 L.A. schools show their smarts," April 28 Wow! Teams from two high schools in Los Angeles placed first and second in the national Academic Decathlon competition. For the third year in a row, Granada Hills Charter High School took the top prize....
Tags: Decathlon, Human Interest, High Schools, Los Angeles International Airport
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Pre-K funding is delivered another blow
States are spending less on pre-kindergarten programs than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The National Institute for Early Education Research released the State of Preschool 2012 report, calling the last school year...
Tags: Barack Obama, Preschools, Early Learning, Air Transportation Delays, U.S. Congress
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Crooner takes note of an East L.A. high school
With his hands clasped behind his back and his nose inches away from the wall, legendary singer Tony Bennett contemplated the photograph before him. The grayscale image featured a young woman stretching her fingers toward the camera's lens, covering her...
Tags: Whitney Houston, Education, Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Sesame Street (tv program)
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Disney dreamer turns boyhood passion into lifelong career
As a guy who started his own company before he graduated from high school, Garner Holt is just a big kid who owns a giant toy factory. "I feel like I've never worked a day in my life," said the founder and president of Garner Holt Productions, the...
Tags: Media Industry, Gardens and Parks, Haunted Houses (attractions), Tourism and Leisure Industry, Halloween
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