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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Crime, Law and Justice, Columbia University, Justice System, Eli Broad
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Reagan the Berkeley basher
Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of California, Berkeley, Teaching and Learning, Education, FBI
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Former L.A. Unified teacher to stand trial on sex abuse charges
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was ordered to stand trial on 14 charges of sexually assaulting nine students and a relative, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in...Tags: Sexual Assault, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Misconduct, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hofstra student, captor killed in home invasion near university
NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Shootings, Hofstra University, Teaching and Learning, Murder
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L.A. schools will no longer suspend a student for being defiant
Los Angeles Unified has become the first school district in the state to ban defiance as grounds for suspension. In a 5-2 vote that was met with cheers, the school board banned suspensions for defiant students, directing officials to use alternative...
Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Elections
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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
Tags: Pizzas, London School of Economics, Amnesty International, Entertainment, George Plimpton
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Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti lay sniping aside
Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to non-controversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. A week before voters go to the polls,...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Personal Income, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teaching and Learning, Eric Garcetti
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12 L.A. area campuses lock down after threatening call
At least a dozen schools were put on lockdown, streets were sealed off and a wave of law enforcement swept across eastern Los Angeles and Santa Monica early Thursday after an anonymous caller threatened to "shoot up" a campus. A 19-year-old Santa Monica...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Sports
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L.A. school board keeps classroom breakfast program
As Gov. Jerry Brown announced more funding for public schools Tuesday, the Los Angeles Board of Education agreed to pay for more school police, maintain a classroom breakfast program and keep supplemental staff at schools. The board also heard...
Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Personal Income, Teachers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police 'all over' Monterey Park after school 'shoot up' threat
Students milled around parking lots on the outskirts of East Los Angeles College on Thursday morning after a shooting threat prompted an evacuation of the campus, along with lockdowns at other Monterey Park schools. All Monterey Park schools were locked...
Tags: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Law Enforcement, Colleges and Universities, Shootings, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine to give $70 million to USC for new academy
Hip-hop star Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to USC for a new academy that they say will give students the tools they need to break into the rapidly changing music industry. Scheduled to be announced by Dre (whose given...
Tags: Entertainment, U2 (music group), Entertainment Events, Music, Engineering
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Gov. Jerry Brown pitches education budget at East L.A. school
This post has been corrected. Please see note below. California Gov. Jerry Brown visited an East L.A. campus Friday to tout his proposed state budget, which would shift more money to students with greater needs. Brown said Humphreys Avenue...
Tags: Politics, Abusive Behavior, Budgets and Budgeting, Lotteries, Regional Authority
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