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Graduation day is a bright spot amid Oklahoma tornado recovery
OKLAHOMA CITY — Before 18-year-old Zach Joyner rushed into a storm shelter Monday, he made sure to grab two prized possessions: his blue Southmoore High School graduation cap and gown. "It's important to me," he said of the ceremonial garb. "I...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Barack Obama, Dwayne Johnson, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest
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Teen curators learn the art of gallery management at girls' school
It was a knotty problem that many curators face at some point in their careers: making sure a three-artist exhibition doesn't look like three completely distinct shows in one space. "We need to find a way to connect the artwork; it should flow from...
Tags: Education, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Artists, Arts
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Tornado-ravaged Oklahoma community holds high school graduations
OKLAHOMA CITY -- This tornado-torn region is celebrating new beginnings Saturday, going through with graduation ceremonies for three high schools, a bittersweet milestone for a community that has lost so much. "I think graduation's a good thing to get...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Education, High Schools, Teaching and Learning, Graduation
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Popular principal's dismissal leaves a South L.A. school divided
Third-grade teacher Kate Lewis said Irma Cobian is the best principal she's had in nine years at Weigand Avenue Elementary School in Watts. Joseph Shamel called Cobian a "godsend" who has used her mastery of special education to show him how to craft...
Tags: Teachers, Elections, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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A gift, and now grief
LAS VEGAS — He was just a kid from the neighborhood who never had much. Mature for his age, the eldest of 11 children, Marcos Arenas always knew his blue-collar father was just scraping by. So the iPad was precious, a gift for his 15th birthday...
Tags: Pawnbrokers, Personal Income, Apple iPad, Theft, Teaching and Learning
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L.A. Unified hopes $1.4-million award brings healing in girl's assault
Los Angeles school officials say they hope a fourth-grade special needs student and her family can complete the healing process now that a jury has awarded her $1.4 million after she was sexually assaulted five times by a male classmate. Santa Monica...Tags: Sexual Assault, University of California, Los Angeles, Trials, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Los Angeles Unified School District
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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: Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education, Arne Duncan
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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: Medical Research, Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Davis, Technology
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USC, Berkeley mishandling sex crimes against women, Allred says
Attorney Gloria Allred announced Wednesday that complaints were filed against Swarthmore College, Dartmouth College, USC and UC Berkeley, alleging the colleges failed to follow federal laws regarding sex crimes. Allred said the colleges are not...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Assault, University of California, Los Angeles, Sex Crimes, Teaching and Learning
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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, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Music, Teaching and Learning, Dillard University
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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, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Wii, Politics
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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: Sexual Assault, University of California, Los Angeles, Trials, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Los Angeles Unified School District
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