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News & Events
Algebra - it's everywhere
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Aug 25, 2008
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Algebra. The very word can twist the stomachs of otherwise well-adjusted adults, dredging up memories of nonsensical X's and Y's and a lifelong loathing of math. For many, the math course was the educational equivalent of castor oil, forced down the throats of teenagers who questioned when they would ever encounter that train leaving Boston at 60 mph.
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Capo shifts crowding problem from one school to another
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Aug 26, 2008
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Truman Benedict Elementary will hold classes this fall in the library and music room.
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Conflict-of-Interest Parity
CSBA, ACSA question legality of 8th-grade Algebra 1 mandate
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Aug 26, 2008
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CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance and the Association of California School Administrators today outlined legal concerns they have with the State Board of Education’s vote last month to require all eighth-graders to take an Algebra 1 assessment.
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Drinking age at 18? Sacramento State president says no
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Aug 25, 2008
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Turning 21 is treated as a rite of passage by most Americans.
Friends are called to hit a bar, or several, and proceed to get the celebrant smashed.
But a growing collection of high-powered academics is challenging the norm – suggesting there is nothing magic about the age 21.
To date, 129 college presidents have signed on to the Amethyst Initiative, which seeks to reopen debate on the current legal drinking age.
While the list now leans to Eastern schools, with the presidents of Duke University, the University of Maryland, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Ohio State University, a handful of California college presidents also have signed on.
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Focus on character boosts academic success at Catholic high school
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Aug 26, 2008
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St. Genevieve's innovative program has turned the school around -- improving academic performance, increasing college enrollment and attracting more students from all over L.A. County.
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San Juan Hills safe from gas pipeline, trustees decide
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Aug 26, 2008
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The Capistrano Unified school board approves a controversial report on the pipeline's rupture risks.
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SAT scores nationally unwaver from 2007
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Aug 26, 2008
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A record number of students took the college admissions test, of which 40% were minorities. In California, 5% more students than last year took the SAT.
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School lets teachers carry guns for security
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Aug 26, 2008
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Harrold, Texas - Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in this tiny district started school Monday wondering which teachers might be toting firearms.
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Schools employee pleads guilty to taking funds
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Aug 26, 2008
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A longtime San Diego city schools employee, accused of stealing $27,000 from a recycling project, pleaded guilty yesterday to a felony charge of misappropriation of public money.
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Schools in limbo without budget
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Aug 26, 2008
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State lawmakers' inability to agree on spending plan could cost districts
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Shrimp to delay school's opening
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Aug 26, 2008
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Endangered species at Vista Del Mar site
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Teachers leader leaves legacy of 'tireless advocate'
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Aug 26, 2008
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SACRAMENTO - Four years ago, Riverside teacher Barbara Kerr became president of the powerful California Teachers as the state neared its first-ever recall of a sitting governor.
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