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Thu 15 May 2008

UC and CSU students will face tuition hikes next school year

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books.JPGCalifornia’s 670,000 public university students got a double-barreled blast of bad news Wednesday when the governing boards for both the University of California and the California State University systems took steps to raise tuition - for the (more…)

 

Thu 15 May 2008

Earthquake in China Highlights the Vulnerability of Schools in Many Countries

Posted by admin under Schools , World News , Earthquake  No Comments 

The enormous loss of life in collapsed schools around China’s quake-stricken Sichuan Province could have been significantly reduced using known (more…)

 

Sun 11 May 2008

Student-employee inappropriate contact investigated at Hart High

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The Hart High School District said Friday it was investigating allegations of inappropriate contact between an employee and a student. The staff member has been placed on administrative leave, pending results of the investigation, a statement by district spokeswoman Pat Willett said reports the Daily News. 

 

Sat 10 May 2008

Hart school district will cut 44 jobs

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The William S. Hart Union High School District board has decided to cut 44 support-staff positions because of state budget cuts - although only 10 current employees (more…)

 

Mon 14 Apr 2008

College rejection isn’t the end of the world

Posted by admin under Schools , Education  No Comments 

education.BMP   Record numbers of applications leave many high-achieving students without a seat at their first-choice school. But in some cases, second-best ends up being a winner. With nearly perfect grades at a prestigious Los Angeles prep school and high SAT scores, (more…)

 

Wed 9 Apr 2008

Herb Alpert donates $15 million to CalArts

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Eight-time Grammy winner and Los Angeles native Herb Alpert, who in November pledged $30 million to UCLA to establish the cross-disciplinary UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has now given $15 million to the School of Music at the California Institute of (more…)

 

Fri 7 Mar 2008

SCV Sheriffs in Partnership with County and City to Launch School Watch Program

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The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station will join in partnership with the City of Santa Clarita, the County of Los Angeles and the Sulphur Springs School District to launch the “School Watch Program.”  The program is modeled after the “Neighborhood Watch Program,” and encourages (more…)

 

Thu 28 Feb 2008

Antelope Valley School Districts face sanctions over lack of progress

Posted by admin under Schools , Education , Antelope Valley  No Comments 

Six Antelope Valley school districts are facing state sanctions for persistently failing to make adequate academic progress, officials said Wednesday. The state has recommended that the Keppel Union School District receive the harshest intervention in which it would be assigned (more…)

 

Mon 18 Feb 2008

A Sharp View: How public schools can become learning engines.

Posted by admin under Schools , Chris Sharp , Education  No Comments 
chrisphotograph.jpg   education.BMP  A while ago I was standing around at a high school principal’s office when I heard something that sounded like public torture from the Dark Ages.  A vice principal was verbally hammering away at a student, who was hunched in a chair the way a boxer squats on the ropes while being knocked senseless. “You haven’t shown me squat.” The tough vice principal’s words were floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee. The door was wide open so that the scene might be shared by anyone who liked watching such shows. (more…)

 

Tue 22 Jan 2008

CalArts forges partnership in Africa

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Kathy Carbone remembers the twinge of trepidation she felt when she was asked to help create a library in the tiny, east-central African nation of Rwanda. “Oh my God, what have I just signed up for?” she recently said, recalling her initial reaction. “I felt overwhelmed. I had never created a library.” (more…)

 

Fri 28 Dec 2007

Two new Theater Degrees offered at COC

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College of the Canyons has developed two new degree programs that will provide lower-division courses for students who plan to go on to four-year institutions and major in theater. The new programs, which include options (more…)

 

Mon 24 Dec 2007

Public Examination Period Open for Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District Special Election

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Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Conny McCormack announced that a Public Examination Period began today for the Revised Impartial Analysis of Measure “V” Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District Special (more…)

 

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