Education
Band director Womack wins Opus Foundation Award
Feb. 4, 2010 | Newly Paul | KPCC | 0 commentsVincent Womack took out a white handkerchief and dabbed his face a couple times upon learning that he had been selected as winner of the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Award as band director at the Foshay Learning Center near downtown Los Angeles.
Charter schools segregated, UCLA report warns
Listen:Feb. 4, 2010 | Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | KPCC | 7 comments
Public charter schools in the Southland and the rest of the country are increasingly segregated, UCLA researchers outline in a report released today. That’s leading, they contend, to unequal educational opportunities.
UCLA charter school segregation report
Parents, teachers and students vote on LAUSD campus reform plans
Listen:Feb. 2, 2010 | Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | KPCC | 1 comment
Voting begins this morning as the Los Angeles Unified School District allows parents, teachers, and students to cast an advisory vote on which non-profit groups should run three dozen low-performing and new campuses.
OC Register / Education
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Education Week
- Race to Top Sets Stage for ESEA Reauthorization
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- Multiple Stimulus Aid Streams Flow to Ed Tech
- Private Sector Competes for Share of Stimulus Pie
L.A. Times: Education
- Students dread transition out of Beverly Hills Unified
- For UC's Commission on the Future, nothing is off the table
- Proposed Hebrew-language school dealt a setback
- Voters advise L.A. Unified on preferred campus takeovers
U.S. News: Education
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- Yale Students Begin Fifth Sex Week on Campus
- Maryland Bill Includes Student Journalists in Shield Law Proposal
New York Times: Education
- A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools
- For Students at Risk, Early College Proves a Draw
- With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps
- N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit
CNN: Education
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