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Southwest High juniors receive crash course on college admissions process
Staff WriterWith the college application process a few months around the corner, high school juniors throughout the Imperial Valley are being flooded with advice and information from dozens of college representatives during Higher Education Week II. More than 30...Tags: Schools, High Schools, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Ratliff holding slim lead in LAUSD race
The race for an open seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education was close in early returns with Monica Ratliff ahead despite financial support and union backing that made her opponent, Antonio Sanchez, a heavy favorite. In the Los Angeles Community...
Tags: Michelle Rhee, Eli Broad, Politics, New York City, Voting
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Applications due for St. Francis program
The St. Francis Upward Bound Program is accepting applications form college-bound eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade public school students in Cambria County. The program is designed to help students prepare for and pursue a college degree following high...Tags: Cultural Development, Culture, Arts and Culture, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Program helps students raise ACT scores, stay in college
Thirty graduating seniors from low income families in the north suburbs will enter college this fall, thanks to College Bound Opportunities, which guides the students toward higher ACT scores. It also works with them during college to keep them from...
Tags: Lake Forest College, Northwestern University, DePaul University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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Parent of future high school seniors invited to college fair
Staff WriterParents of high school juniors and other interested community members will have the opportunity to speak to different college representatives and learn about the application process during a higher education parent event Wednesday. Organized by the...Tags: Schools, Robert J. Lopez, High Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Our View: Common core is coming
The move to a national common core curriculum arises from a common problem in this country, or at least the perception of one — the need to make the students being turned out into the workforce more competitive, more ready to face the demands of a... -
Apodaca: New SAT? How about 'Game of Thrones' style?
Many of us believe the college admissions process has spiraled out of control. Plenty among us also feel that our education system has become too test-centric. And at the intersection of the two lies the SAT, the most dreaded, derided and feared test...Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Education, William McKinley, Students, Teaching and Learning
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High school students turn to internships to help plot future
This summer, teenagers will canvass in support of politicians, help nurses in hospitals or tweet as part of a company's social media effort. They're still in high school but they are working unpaid internships — sometimes even paying thousands of...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Prospect Heights (Cook, Illinois), Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, New York University
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Girls track and field state notes | Knauf helps Aurora Christian to third in 1A
Special to the TribuneCHARLESTON, Ill — Taylor Knauf fell short of placing in the state pole vault the last two years, so the Aurora Christian senior determined that 12 feet, 6 inches — 6 inches better than her personal record — would be her goal. Knauf...Tags: Track and Field, High School Sports, Asia, Awards and Prizes
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Letter: Public had no voice in Common Core decision
If you have children in the public school you have probably heard of Common Core State Standards. Common Core claims to have more rigorous standards. What could be wrong with that? We all want our children to get the best education possible. The Common...Tags: Washington, DC
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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...Tags: Eli Broad, University of California, Los Angeles, Unions, Michael Bloomberg, Columbia University
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Maximizing time in PE class
As co-chairs of the Illinois Enhance Physical Education Task Force created by the legislature in 2012, we were interested to see the article, “Students split on Prospect High’s divided PE curriculum,” on May 11. Though the approach in...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Students, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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