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El Camino Real could be getting sports boost
Varsity Times InsiderNow that Woodland Hills El Camino Real has become a charter school, the sports program could be getting some aid if the school decides to accept more open-enrollment students. Last year, it took in a little more than 100. This...... -
L.A. Phil, Bard, Longy launch El Sistema-based music initiative
Culture MonsterThe LA Philharmonic is launching a music teacher training initiative with Bard College and the Longy School of Music called "Take a Stand," guided by the principles of Venezuela's El Sistema.... -
Energy Department challenges students, encourages home energy conservation
GreenspaceIn an effort to simultaneously encourage energy conservation and increase students' interest in science, the Department of Energy announced its Home Energy Education Challenge on Tuesday. Administered by the National Science Teachers Assn., the... -
Scene & Heard: Festival of New American Musicals fundraiser
Special to the Los Angeles TimesL.A.'s Festival of New American Musicals closed its third season Aug. 21 with a tuneful fundraiser, billed as a birthday party for Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, of "Parade," "13," "Songs for a New World" and "Last Five Years." "For what...Tags: Tony Awards, Sports, Theater, Festive Events, Education
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Book review: 'Reality Is Broken'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesReality Is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World Jane McGonigal Penguin Press: 388 pp., $26.95 As a nongamer, avowed Luddite and mother of a 7-year-old who is mesmerically attracted to anything with a screen, I was...Tags: Soccer, Gaming, Arts and Culture, Sports, Schools
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How did 'Waiting for 'Superman's' ' Davis Guggenheim become the right wing's favorite liberal filmmaker?
The Big PictureNo one is a more well-credentialed progressive than Davis Guggenheim, who directed Al Gore's influential global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," as well as produced a dramatic short about Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic National... -
4 food events you should know about: Chefs cookout for Alex's; Ammo's fundraiser; 'comfort dinners' at Petrossian; making tamales at MOLAA
Daily DishChefs fundraiser: Chef Suzanne Goin and partner Caroline Styne of Lucques, A.O.C. and Tavern and chef David Lentz of the Hungry Cat will host L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade on Sunday, a chefs cookout to raise money and awareness for Alex's...... -
Are teachers' unions on the defensive? What should their strategy be?
L.A. NOWHow are teachers' unions handling the push for charter schools and school reform? The Times' Mitchell Landsberg looked at the question, noting that even the long-held protections and prerogatives conferred by seniority and tenure no longer seem... -
The price of carrots
Opinion L.A.Did the election show that voters really want gun control? That they are deeply concerned about the price of carrots? After major elections, groups with a particular interest proclaim that their side issue, which may or may not have even...... -
Education: Should cheaters prosper?
Opinion L.A.Some of those watching the Oscars on Sunday probably pined for the good old days of hosts Bob Hope and, later, Johnny Carson. Not me, though. (OK, full disclosure, I didn't actually watch the Oscars; I had the Knicks-Heat game...... -
South L.A.'s 'Global Awareness Through Hip Hop Culture Program' shuts down due to budget cuts
Pop & HissDue to budget cuts, the Global Awareness Through Hip Hop Culture Program, run since 2006 at the Accelerated Charter School in South Los Angeles, has been terminated. "The situation's pretty much the same all across the United States: Any program...... -
Weekend Talk Shows
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of March 13 - 19 in PDF format TV listings for the week of March 6 - 12 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found......
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