6 Ways to Save on Toys for Your Kids
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 18:14
Kids are expensive--it's a fact of life. If you're like many parents, you may just grin and bear it while forking over a hundred or more dollars for the latest, g...
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ICC prosecutor OK with delay to trial of Kenyans
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 10:30
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday he would not oppose a delay to the start of a trial of four prominent...
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Illinois Considers Allowing Miniature Horses as Services Animals
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 02:20
According to the Associated Press, the Illinois Senate voted 40-11 on a bill that would add miniature horses to the list of services animals that can accompany individual...
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Group Sues State of California to Undo Teacher Job Protection
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 00:24
Students Matter, a non-profit group dedicated to changing the way the Golden State hires and fires teachers, issued a press release alerting of a lawsuit it filed on beha...
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ICC prosecutor OK with delay to trial of Kenyans
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 00:24
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday he would not oppose a delay to the start of a trial of four prominent...
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Mark Cuban Correct in Predicting Drastic Shake Up of College Education
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 23:26
COMMENTARY | According to US News and World Report, billionaire Mark Cuban has predicted an upcoming "destabilization" of the nation's college education syste...
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Hawaii teachers to begin voting on rejected offer
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 22:28
Hawaii's teacher union members begin voting this week on a contract they rejected earlier this year, despite warnings from the state that the agreement is no longer v...
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Should kindergarteners be allowed to evaluate teachers?
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 21:30
Under a new pilot program, Georgia will give students as young as 5 years old a say in grading their teachers on their knowledge and abilities
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Mark Cuban: College Is a Business Decision
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 18:36
A meltdown is coming to the higher education sector, billionaire computer magnate and NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban warned in a blog post on May 13. With educatio...
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Lawsuit takes aim at California's legal protections for teachers
LaTimes - 05/16/2012 00:21
A Bay Area nonprofit targets teacher tenure rules, seniority protections and the dismissal process. Foes say it wants to weaken public sector unions.A Bay Area nonprofit ...
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Activist targeting schools, backed by big bucks
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 05:56
(Reuters) - During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee set off a lot of fireworks. She's still doing it - on a...
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Activist targeting U.S. schools, backed by big bucks
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 03:52
(Reuters) - During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee set off a lot of fireworks. She's still doing it - on a...
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Will Californians trust Jerry Brown enough to vote for his tax increase?
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 02:46
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) called Monday a "day of reckoning." In the morning, he outlined more than $8 billion in cuts to higher education, social safety-ne...
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Teachers dance behind students in prank video set to Whitney Houston song
Yahoo!News - 05/15/2012 23:40
Students at Abby Kelley Foster Charter School were recently asked to film video testimonials for the Worcester, Massachusetts school. However, unbeknownst to the students...
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Young adults with autism lag in school, work
Yahoo!News - 05/15/2012 22:40
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other types of disabilities, a new U.S. stu...
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Young adults with autism lag in school, work
Yahoo!News - 05/15/2012 21:42
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults with autism are less likely to go to college or hold down a job than their peers with other types of disabilities, a new U.S. stu...
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Colleges, health care face cuts in La. budget
Yahoo!News - 05/15/2012 16:52
A state-run psychiatric hospital in central Louisiana shuttered. A program that aids families with children who have hearing, speech and motor control problems eliminated...
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Governor: Tax hikes needed for $16B CA budget gap
Yahoo!News - 05/14/2012 21:42
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed more than $8 billion in cuts to close a widening California budget deficit but also said public schools will receive more m...
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The donation from Jeffrey and Judy Henley is the biggest in UC Santa Barbara's history. It will support energy efficiency research and engineering programs.UC Santa Barba...
Just down the hall from the reference desk at Emory University's law library in a room housing antique legal texts is Stanley the golden retriever puppy, barking his ...
USC is awarding degrees to Japanese students who were forced out during World War II, but some say the school hasn't corrected all past wrongs.Friday morning, the USC cam...
You could call it a cautionary tale about what can go wrong when high school students exert too much "pier pressure."
Deep Springs College, an all-male school north of Death Valley, plans to admit women next year for the first time in its 95-year history. But two trustees are attempting ...
Mexican immigrant groups in the United States threatened Tuesday to boycott telephone companies owned by Mexican mogul Carlos Slim to protest what they say are abusive ch...
Academia Semillas del Pueblo, an LAUSD elementary charter school in El Sereno, teaches in three languages and has ambitious goals, but it narrowly escaped closure recentl...