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LAUSD must pay $1.4 million to girl sexually abused by classmate
Jurors say the LAUSD must pay a fourth-grade special needs student $1.4 million after she was sexually assaulted five times by a male classmate during an after-school program in Chatsworth. Santa Monica jurors made the decision Tuesday after an eight-...Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Health and Safety at School, University of California, Los Angeles, Trials, Students
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Letters: Can conservatives appeal to college grads?
Re "Conservatives need not apply," Opinion, May 19 Economist Kevin Hassett laments the scarcity of conservatives giving graduation speeches. He even claims that "a primary objective of today's academic institutions … is not to educate students...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of California, Irvine, Feminism, Students, Education
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California drops a notch in public school spending
California slipped a notch in spending per public school pupil in 2011, falling to 35th among states in a year that marked the first overall drop across the nation in nearly four decades, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The 50 states and...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Jerry Brown, United States Census Bureau, Finance, Students
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Ratliff holding slim lead in LAUSD race
The race for an open seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education was close in early returns with Monica Ratliff ahead despite financial support and union backing that made her opponent, Antonio Sanchez, a heavy favorite. In the Los Angeles Community...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, School Examinations, Teachers, Michelle Rhee, Eli Broad
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Cal State moving to offer online science labs
California State University is moving aggressively to offer web-based science labs, a systemwide virtual campus and online advising as remedies for "bottlenecks" that impede student progress and graduation rates, officials said Tuesday. Some of these...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Jerry Brown, Teachers, California State University, Long Beach, Science and Technology
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GED testing enters the computer age in California
At age 59, Rita Kowalski decided she wanted to use the computer for more than emailing her kids and looking up salmon recipes. Forty-two years after she dropped out of high school to start a family, Kowalski, now a grandmother of 12, is using it to...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Educational Development Corporation, Students
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L.A. mayor's race inspires 2 youngsters to activism
He's only 12, but Adam Brown has already volunteered for a presidential campaign, started his own nonprofit to get other kids involved in politics, and, last month, ran for student body president at Sylmar's Los Angeles Mission College, where he takes...
Tags: Wii, Political Fundraising, Wendy Greuel, Barack Obama, Students
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Oklahoma tornado survivor describes friend's heroism
A few hours after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City area, ravaging neighborhoods and two elementary schools and killing at least 51 people, Edie Cordray sent an urgent message to members of her church in nearby Norman. "Please pray for my...
Tags: Schools, Natural Disasters, Elementary Schools, Tornadoes, Health and Safety at School
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California won't get relief from No Child Left Behind law
The federal government made it clear again Monday that California will get no relief from education mandates that officials across the country consider a burden. The point was made as the U.S. Department of Education announced that it granted three more...
Tags: Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education, Academic Progress, Students
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Medical Research, Startups, Business, University of California, Berkeley
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Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?
I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Entertainment, Science, Students, Music Industry
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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: Would you try to take control of L.A. schools?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Kim Jones of Silver Lake, who asked: What would you do...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Unified School District, Local Government, Students, Elections
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