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Cutting California from 'Race to the Top' is bad for the country
As I started reading The Times' March 4 article, "California disqualified from receiving federal school funds," I hoped the story would examine the devastating impact the Obama administration's decision to disqualify our state from a round of "Race to the...Tags: Learning Disability, Science and Technology, Fingers, Colleges and Universities, Schools
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Subtle signs of a turnaround on a troubled L.A. campus
Locke High School English teacher Katy Bridger tried to give her fifth-period seniors a test while Byron Gordon sharpened pencils noisily, Deon Crockett wandered the room complaining at full volume and a girl cursed just as loudly at Deon for being rude....Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Colleges and Universities, Crimes, Family, University of California
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Early Emmy predix: Betty White looks like lock to land fifth Emmy for hosting 'SNL'
Gold DerbyWhile our Emmy experts Chris "Boomer" Beachum and Robert "Rob L" Licuria (Awardsheaven.net) are divided as to which guy will get an Emmy for guesting on a comedy series, they agree that today's "it girl" Betty White is a sure thing to win the guest... -
State board approves new national education standards
L.A. NOWAt a special meeting Monday, the state board of education unanimously adopted common national academic standards. These standards are to provide the basis for future instruction in the state. The common-standards initiative has been pushed by the Obama... -
David Blackwell dies at 91; mathematician, UC Berkeley's first tenured black professor
David Blackwell, a preeminent mathematician and the first black scholar in the National Academy of Sciences, died July 8 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley. He was 91 and had had a series of strokes.
Blackwell was known as a problem-solver...Tags: Career and Workplace, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Berkeley, Employers, Employment
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New California test scores show schools faring better
L.A. NOWDespite thousands of layoffs and shrinking budgets, California schools -- as well as the state's largest school system, Los Angeles Unified -- posted gains in scores on annual standardized tests released Monday. The incrementally rising scores brought... -
Spitting in the eye of mainstream education
Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. . . . Multicultural specialists, ultra liberal zealots and college-tainted oppression liberators need...Tags: Death, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Crimes, Family
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'The Lieutenant: A Novel' by Kate Grenville
The Lieutenant
A Novel
Kate Grenville
Atlantic Monthly Press: 308 pp., $24
About the early encounters between Europeans and the Other -- non-white, non-Western peoples -- the late Polish foreign correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski observed that "the...Tags: Politics, Death, Thomas Keneally, Indigenous People, Australia
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Supporters seek to help legendary former East L.A. teacher as he battles cancer
L.A. NOWJaime Escalante spent a career helping youths learn math. His exploits teaching calculus at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles were immortalized in the film "Stand and Deliver." Now, the 79-year-old former teacher is suffering from advanced stages... -
Garfield High pays tribute to Jaime Escalante
L.A. NOWGarfield High School students and staff joined other guests Thursday to pay tribute to legendary former calculus teacher Jaime Escalante. The memorial service honoring Escalante, who died of bladder cancer Tuesday at age 79, was held at the high school...... -
Liver Unit Suffered in Silence
Times Staff WriterDr. Sean Cao, the lone transplant surgeon employed by UCI Medical Center, was typing at his computer around midnight. In the subject line of an e-mail message, he wrote: "confidential memo for transplant team members only." "LET ME CLARIFY ONE ISSUE,"...Tags: Politics, University of Southern California, Death, Surgery, Liver Transplants
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Weekend wasters struggle with DIY home-repair jobs
Special to The TimesWhen her husband decided to fix a leaky pipe in the bathroom in their West Hills home, Ethel Brook, 78, watched his progress with chin in hand and furrowed brow. As one weekend rolled agonizingly into two, the retired market researcher gently suggested...Tags: Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Plumbing, Homes, Employers
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