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State and city officials are preparing right now to unveil graduation rates for students who entered high school in 2005.The state has already dumped several massive sets of data on its Web site: One document shows overall 4-, 5-, and 6-year rates by local school district, and a second, much larger document shows each the graduation rate for each [...]
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There were 18 homicides in Los Angeles County during the first week of March, according to the Times' Homicide Report database. The year-to-date total of homicides for the county is 108 – down from 138 for the same period last...
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In the months before his death, Michael Jackson worried about his personal safety but relished his role as a father, his bodyguards said. In an interview with ABC News, the bodyguards -- Mike Garcia, Bill Whitfield and Javon "BJ" Beard...
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In response to pressure from AIDS Healthcare Foundation officials, state regulators are poised to consider amending state law to require condom use in adult film production. On Thursday, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health standards board is scheduled...
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And we're off ... the filing period has ended! Here's a list of candidates for the May 8 Dallas school board election:District 4 (Pleasant Grove, Seagoville, Balch Springs):Nancy Bingham, incumbent, retired teacherCamile D. White, public relationsJesse Diaz, real estate brokerDistrict 5 (Portions of East Oak Cliff, Oak Lawn, West Dallas, Wilmer and Hutchins):Lew Blackburn, incumbent, school admin
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Campus activists across Virginia put spring break on hold Monday to mobilize against Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, who has riled student groups with a letter advising public universities to retreat from their policies against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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The Washington law firm Arent Fox said Monday that it has named longtime partner Mark M. Katz as its new chairman, a leadership change that comes as the legal sector copes with an economic downturn that has curtailed business and prompted layoffs.
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Part III of this week’s Five Principles for Smarter Data Systems series–a guest post from Vincent Cho, M.Ed., former teacher and assistant principal, now a PhD student and researcher on educational data use at The University of Texas at Austin:Education Sector’s Five Design Principles raises important questions about the technology tools we provide to schools. [...]
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The city schools are spending this week focusing on tolerance and respect. (NY1)Parents are organizing a “bake-in” to protest the city’s new bake sale rules. (Daily News)City Limits offers an overview of the city schools’ dismal budget outlook.The proposed state budget would eliminate many summer camp jobs for teenagers. (Times)Diane Ravitch summarizes why her education po
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Here are some of the stories we're following today on PolitiCal: State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) confirmed rumors that he was gay in the wake of a drunk driving arrest last week. Ashburn said "through my own actions, I made...
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Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III is a focus of the investigation into the death of Amber Dubois, the high school freshman whose skeletal remains were discovered Saturday in northern San Diego County. The announcement Monday afternoon by the...
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A new list of California’s lowest-performing schools includes 39 from Los Angeles County, and a few surprises are among them. California education officials released their preliminary list Monday and 23 are part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the...
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SALT LAKE CITY — GOP House leaders say $21 million will be restored to the state's public education budget before the...
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For 25 years, a reform movement has driven education policies around the nation. We saw it take root in Texas with the 1985 no-pass, no-play law, and it has been alive in Washington with efforts like the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act.
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Tertiary education providers will lose some funding if their students suffer high failure and drop out rates and students who fail won't keep getting student loans, new Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.
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