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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SAN FRANCISCO – On Friday hundreds of teachers rallied for a better contract with the City College of San Francisco, then headed to a downtown hotel to tackle statewide education issues at the California Federation of Teachers’ annual convention. More than 600 educators attended...
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San Jose / CALIFORNIA Hundreds of parents, children and other family members will be learning side by side at the Families Learning Together STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Event, a one-of-a-kind day of learning featuring parent leaders as the main event facilitators. Parents team up with the content-area...
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The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) was buzzing with excitement on Saturday as students from across the county swarmed the offices at Ridder Park Drive with their families, teachers and principals for the first county spelling bee competition. “This was an exciting time for our students and...
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Sacramento / CALIFORNIA Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) this week introduced a measure to improve school bus safety. SB 1072 would require school buses in California to be equipped with child-safety alarm systems to ensure that children are not left on buses unattended and in potentially hazardous circumstances. “No parent should...
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The University of California has announced $5 million in loans to undocumented students. The Dream Loan program is a follow-up to the California Dream Act of 2011 that allowed some undocumented youth to apply for state aid and scholarships, and to Assembly Bill 540, which granted them in-state tuition....
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La Universidad de California destinará $5 Millones a préstamos para estudiantes indocumentados Suzanne Potter /California News Service LOS ANGELES – La Universidad de California anuncio esta semana que asignara cinco millones de dolares a prestamos escolares para ayudar a los alumnos indocumentados a pagar sus estudios. El programa “Dream...
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Andrea Chaves /U.S. Dept. of Education “You can’t be what you can’t see.” This is a common expression that, perhaps like me, you’ve heard many times. For the girls at the Young Women’s Leadership school where I teach in Astoria, New York, this is – sadly — the case....
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For the last decade, there have been great shifts in the ways students study and learn, as education companies have developed new digital learning platforms. Educators say that content is more engaging and interactive now, and the benefits of these changes have been far reaching. Recently, the Association of...
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Arturo Hilario/ El Observador “Crimson Peak”, Guillermo Del Toro’s newest original project that takes place in Victorian era Buffalo, is a beautiful gothic romance film that must be seen and experienced. It’s 1887 and aspiring writer Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) is trying to break into the gothic and literature...
