Topic: California

Analysis: California school districts to take down reserves

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When California lawmakers reached a deal to close a $10 billion budget gap in June, critics warned the agreement relied too heavily on $4 billion in additional tax revenue projected to materialize with a rapidly rebounding economy.Now, with ...
Randy Thomasson is urging parents to opt out of California's public schools now that an effort to repeal a gay history law has failedSocial conservative Randy Thomasson is urging parents to opt out of California's public schools now that an effort to ...

Bake sale's racial pricing rocks campus

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.A Facebook promotion of the event, ...

Bake sale's racial pricing rocks UC Berkeley campus

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.A Facebook promotion of the event, ...

Charter schools innovate to educate

New methods, ideas may be the key to reforming education, many sayNevada's state and local leaders say the key to education reform is in charter schools.The Nevada Legislature, urged by Gov. Brian Sandoval, recently passed a law creating a charter school authority ...

California orders gay history in school textbooks

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California became the first state on Thursday to require that public school textbooks include the accomplishments of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans as Governor Jerry Brown signed the mandate into law."History should be honest," Brown, a Democrat serving ...

Why do companies relocate?

The answers on KSNV Channel 3 at 5 p.m.You've heard it before — businesses won't come to Las Vegas because of our low-ranked public education system. But is it really true? Nevada leaders focus their efforts on attracting businesses from California, so ...
Federal education officials investigate Calif school district's handling of gay teen situationFederal education officials say a California school district is being investigated over its handling of harassment by classmates of a gay, 13-year-old boy who later committed suicide.Justin Hamilton, a spokesman for ...

Medical Exchange Announces CollaborativeCARE Conference

Medical Exchange, a new provider of medical education events, announced yesterday the launch of the CollaborativeCARE Conference, or, simply, " " The first event is scheduled for Nov. 15-20, 2011, in Long Beach, Calif., to be followed by additional conferences in 10 ...

Top Law Colleges in America

America is filled with law colleges; some are high-profile and exclusive, some are catch-all and somewhat mediocre, and most fall somewhere in the middle. Online programs, correspondence courses, and brick-and-mortar institutions are now competing for America's brightest legal talent. In Top GRE's ...
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