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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: Michael Bloomberg, School Examinations, Eli Broad, Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics
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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: Feminism, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Irvine, Students, Education
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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, Science and Technology, Jerry Brown, Politics, Teachers
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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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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: Personal Income, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Jerry Brown, United States Census Bureau
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Canisters found in Claremont dorm after possible 'huffing' death
Police found empty nitrous oxide canisters in a Claremont McKenna dorm room where a student was thought to have fatally inhaled the gas, KTLA reported. Claremont police received a call around 12:55 a.m. Friday about an unconscious male who had been...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Michael Jackson, 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: Barack Obama, Local Elections, Political Fundraising, Politics, Elections
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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: Heroism, Tornadoes, Health and Safety at School, Elementary Schools, Schools
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Funding to L.A. magnet school restored
School district officials have reversed a decision that cost a top-performing Los Angeles campus about $300,000 in funding after parents uncovered evidence that a bureaucratic error led to the loss of funds. Five other schools also are likely to get...
Tags: Personal Income, Social Issues, Poverty, Students
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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: U.S. Department of Education, Academic Progress, Arne Duncan, 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: Hybrid Vehicles, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis, Financial Aid
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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: Personal Income, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Music, Human Interest
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