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Class on parenting becomes a journey through loss, grief and hope
Roshawne Mackey walked into the Jordan Downs community center clutching a pink pamphlet from a funeral over the weekend, her face like stone. Her niece had been 11 — a diabetic who wasn't given her insulin shots. The dozen or so women in the...
Tags: Financial Planning, Health and Safety at School, Students, Diabetes, Social Sciences
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Pope Francis: A Jesuit in an office he isn't supposed to seek
As a Jesuit, Pope Francis comes from a religious order that traditionally shuns such high office – one key reason the Argentine is the first Jesuit to lead the vast Roman Catholic Church, scholars say. “We don’t usually feel called...
Tags: Christianity, Education, Same-Sex Marriage, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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Assembly panel approves teacher dismissal bill
SACRAMENTO -- A key Assembly committee has approved legislation that would expedite the dismissal process for California teachers accused of misconduct. Under current law, teachers who are fired can appeal their case to a three-member panel consisting...Tags: Education, Joan Buchanan, Chicago Transit Authority, Teaching and Learning
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Letters: School reform we could use
Re "Divided over L.A. Unified," Editorial, March 12 How odd to see The Times characterize a resolution by United Teachers Los Angeles calling for "reduced class sizes, full staffing of our schools ... safe and clean schools [and] better pay for all...
Tags: California State University, Northridge, Students, Teaching and Learning
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First settlements in Miramonte abuse case total $30 million
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Unified School District will pay about $30 million to settle 58 legal claims involving a former Miramonte Elementary School teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children, plaintiffs’ lawyers said Tuesday. These are the first... -
LAUSD to pay Miramonte victims $30 million; teacher due in court
L.A. NOWNow that the Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to a $30-million settlement in the Miramonte Elementary School case, the teacher accused of lewd acts against dozens of children is set to appear in court next month. Mark Berndt,...... -
Divided over L.A. Unified
One nasty election later, there is no sign that the divisiveness in the Los Angeles Unified School District will abate. If anything, it looks likely to increase, with activists in United Teachers Los Angeles announcing that teachers will vote on a...
Tags: Elections, Los Angeles Unified School District, Examinations, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning
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The wrong fight over schools
Over the last century, American public education was built on an assumption that it would be apolitical. School districts would not be dragged into the mire of city elections. School board members would remain above the partisan fight. Candidates would be...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Antonio Villaraigosa, Economy, Business and Finance, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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Harvard faculty outraged after administration spies on emails
This is not the kind of news Harvard University would like: First, an allegation of widespread cheating, then an internal hunt for an email leak at the university, and now, a partial apology by the administration for searching the correspondence of...
Tags: Harvard University, Science, Science and Technology, Education, Employees
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Reports: Rutgers to fire Tim Pernetti as athletic director
Rutgers, embroiled in the fallout from a college basketball scandal, will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Friday to announce that Tim Pernetti will be fired as athletic director, according to multiple reports citing anonymous sources. Pernetti...
Tags: Rutgers University, Basketball, Teaching and Learning, College Basketball, ESPN (tv network)
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Letters: Who should teach?
Re "New rules for interns in schools," March 8 The problem with putting teaching interns from programs like Teach for America into classrooms with English-language learners isn't the interns' lack of competence teaching such students; it's their lack of...
Tags: Education, Science and Technology, Apprentices, Teach for America, Students
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The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...
Tags: Christianity, Jesus Christ, University of Chicago, Newspaper and Magazine, Religion and Belief
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