Wednesday, December 28, 2011

SCHOOLS ENCOURAGE HEALTHIER EATING WITH "’NUDGES’

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Jorge Barrientos, Education Reporter, Bakersfield Californian | http://bit.ly/vgAKdJ ^Presenting a turkey pepperoni pizza, l...

GOV. JERRY BROWN SAYS HE WILL INCREASE EDUCATION FUNDING – if…

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The governor's 2012-13 spending plan, to be released in January, assumes billions in additional revenue from his tax increase initiat...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

TESTING TESTING: The 4LAKids Holiday Break Quizzes

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by smf for 4LAKids 27 December 2011 :: We are big on testing and – Lord knows – we have been tested of late! I hark immediately to the s...

A Civics Triumph: TWO FOURTH-GRADERS FIND A WAY TO SHARE A SCHOOL’S FOOD

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Thanks to the 9-year-old girls, unwanted and leftover lunch items from a Cudahy school go to needy families. By Matt Stevens, Los Ange...

Civics Education? Not so good: JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR’S ONLINE CIVICS INITIATIVE

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Retired U.S. Supreme Court justice helped initiate an online program called iCivics because not enough Americans know how government work...
Monday, December 26, 2011

The “F-Word” – Editorial: A FAILED EXPERIMENT WITH HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS = FARCE²

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Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial | http://bit.ly/uHmDDI O.K. -  The LVR-J is hardly the The New York ...

Two Teachers: A WOMAN WHO TEACHES MEN TO WELD PROVIDES OTHER LIFE LESSONS TOO + HE DRESSES UP HISTORY AND THE STUDENTS LIKE THE FIT

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A woman who teaches men to weld provides other life lessons too An associate professor at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Lisa Leg...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

SAN DIEGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROBES SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS + D.A.’S OFFICE RAIDS SOUTH BAY POLITICOS

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San Diego D.A. probes school construction contracts John Langeler, Fox 5 San Diego /L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/t9P7XR December 23, 201...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS LOOK TO BETTER ENGLISH LEARNING

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By Christina Hoag.  Associated Press/Boston Globe | http://bo.st/rVHZII December 24, 2011  ::  LOS ANGELES—Roberto Bautista was lost when ...

The view from Somewhere Else: L.A. SCHOOLS PLAN A WORRISOME APPROACH + URBAN SCHOOLS, BIG HURDLES

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“The Los Angeles solution, if it can be called that, could set off a bureaucratic brawl once the PTAs, site councils, interested parents ...
Friday, December 23, 2011

CHARTER SCHOOLS GROUP URGES CLOSURE OF TEN CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES: Four in Sacramento area + CCSA Press Release

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By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese , The Sacramento Bee | http://bit.ly/tNC76Z Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 - 7:01 am :: A list of 10 schools ...

2011 in Review: THE BEST AND WORST IN EDUCATION 2011

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    by Richard Kahlenberg/The Centuray Foundataion Blog of the Century | http://bit.ly/rwyiJM   12/20/2011 :: Looking back on 2011...