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Are Public Schools Earthquake Safe?

| Posted 04.25.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Corey G. Johnson A state Senate committee voted today to support legislation that woul...

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Teenage Student Hunger-Strikers in California Demand: "Save Our School!"

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: San Leandro-California, San Leandro-California-Schools, California Public Schools, Teenage Student Hunger Strike, School Budget Cuts, Student Protest, Student Hunger Strike, Impact News

Anai Rosales, 18; Veronica Mandujano, 18; and Kayla Ely, 17, have been starving themselves since Wednesday, March 7 on a hunger-strike to protest sweeping school budget cuts they say would effectively, "kill [their] school."

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State Budget Cuts Slam Higher Education, Almost Spare K-12

| Kathryn Baron and John Fensterwald | Posted 02.13.2012

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This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. Midyear budget cuts hit Cali...

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POLL: Should School Dress Codes Ban 'Distracting' Hair And Piercings?

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Tulare Joint Union High School, California Public Schools, Dress Code, School Dress Code, High School News

A California high school has proposed a controversial new dress code which, if approved, would prohibit students from sporting "distracting" hair (suc...

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Gay Student's Flamboyant Style Blamed For His Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 11.28.2011

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Only a few hours had passed after 17-year-old Brandon McInerney had pled guilty to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King at E.O. Gre...

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Making A Deal For Education Funds: Tax Change Could Bring In Billions

| Kathryn Baron | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: School Funding, Public Education Funds, Education Taxes, California Public Schools, California Public Education, Education Reform, Think Long Committee for California, Education Funding, Public Education, Taxes for Education, California Education, Video, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. A group of billionaires, old...

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The Lesson that California Can Teach the Nation

Jonathan Jeffrey | Posted 01.22.2012

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The students of this nation have a perspective and knowledge that could help solve some of education's largest problems. Now it's up to the adults to listen.

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Costs Of No Child Left Behind Waivers 'Jaw Dropping"

| John Fensterwald | Posted 01.10.2012

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This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. An ambivalent State Board of...

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California To Add New Grade Pre-Kindergarten

Posted 01.09.2012

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California is looking to add a new grade to its elementary schools that would place students who turn 5 between September and December in kindergarten...

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Are Standardized Tests Pushing Teachers To Cheat?

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Standardized Test Cheating, Los Angeles Schools, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Los Angeles Teachers Cheating, Standardized Testing, California Teachers Cheating, California Teachers, California Schools, California Public Schools, Teachers, Teachers Cheating, Los Angeles Teachers, Video, Education News

From Georgia's southern charm to California's golden beaches, the east and west coasts boast cultures of their own. But one particular culture -- one ...

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In Defense of the American Teacher

Kelly Wu | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: California Public Schools, Education, Teachers, High School News

I attend a public school in California and the horror stories you hear are indeed true. We took a week-long vacation last year to celebrate the fact that the school district could not pay its teachers.

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Jose Antonio Vargas: A DREAM Act Deferred?

| Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: California Dream Act, California Undocumented Immigrants, California, Undocumented Immigrants, High Schools, DREAM Act, Education for Immigrants, California Public High Schools, Immigrant Education, California Schools, California Public Schools, Jose Antonio Vargas, Education Reform, Undocumented Students, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation’s The Learning Curve blog. Jose Antonio Vargas, Define American founder and former journalist fo...

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Budget Cuts Force State To Pull Back On Anti-Cheating Efforts

| Corey G. Johnson | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Standardized Test Cheating, California, Anti-Cheating, Public Education Reform, Budget Cuts, Schools Cheating, Standardized Testing, California Schools, California Public Schools, School Budget Cuts, Education Reform, California School Budget Cuts, Education News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Corey G. Johnson Only after the governor ordered an independent examination did Georgi...

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Schools Chief Who Took $800,000 Pay Cut Giving Up More For Charity

AP | By TRACIE CONE | Posted 10.30.2011

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FRESNO, Calif. -- The school superintendent in California who is forgoing hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay and benefits to help offset budget c...

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Confronting Women's Rights From All Angles

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.10.2011

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Malika Saada Saar has spent her entire life around strong women. When she was 12, her mother went back to college. By the time Malika was 15, her m...

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Teaching Gay History In California Classrooms?

AP | By LISA LEFF | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, California Public Schools, California Curriculum, Gay History Textbook, Teaching Gay History, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California conservatives were outraged in 1966 when the state Board of Education adopted a new junior high school history tex...

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School Tries GPS Units To Keep Track Of Truant Students

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Orange County Register reports that Anaheim-area schools in California are testing out a new method to keep kids from skipping school: GPS trackin...

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POLL: Should Parents Have Control Of Failing Schools?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Are parents the remedy for failing schools? Lawmakers in California think so. A controversial "parent trigger" law was passed in January to give pare...

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Small Classes Are a Luxury We Can No Longer Afford

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joel Klein, Class Size, California Public Schools, Zeke Vanderhoek, California Budget Crisis, Budget Cuts, Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, Michael Bloomberg, Los Angeles News

Smaller classes aren't the smartest investment we can make. They're a bit like flying first class: lovely if you're flush with cash, but by no means necessary to arrive at your desired destination.

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Divide Between Rich And Poor Schools Widens With Budget Cuts

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — When state budget cuts imperiled city schools, a group of parents fought back by enlisting Hollywood stars to spread a message tar...

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California School System: Separate and Unequal

Alberto Torrico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, California, California Attorney General, California School System, California Public Schools, California Schools, Public Education, Alberto Torrico, Los Angeles News

Our educational system is failing to provide all our children equal access to quality education. Our children did not ask to be born rich or poor. They did not ask to be pawns in political games.

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Left, Right & Center: Obama VS. Cheney On Detainees And California In Chaos

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, War on Terror, Economic Crisis, Calfornia's Healthcare, CIA Torture, California Public Schools, KCRW Left Right & Center, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Torture, Politics News

Obama and Cheney dueling speeches but is being against torture a left-right issue? And as the economy continues to slide, California suffers a severe budget crisis.

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California's Third-World Public Schools Threaten All of Us

Christopher Mahoney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California Public Schools, Education Reform, Public Education, San Carlos Charter Learning Center, Politics News

Having visited educational systems around the globe, I can tell you that merely offering the basics puts us on par with second-world societies and we're quickly sliding lower.

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