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Cal State committee votes for tuition hike (AP)

Published on November 10, 2010 By

LONG BEACH, Calif. – California State University is expected to hike tuition 15.5 percent by next fall after finance committee trustees voted Tuesday for the increase to offset state funding cuts.

1 dead as school bus overturns near downtown LA (AP)

Published on October 26, 2010 By rohit

LOS ANGELES – A pedestrian was killed and at least 19 people were injured Monday when a black BMW ran a red light and broadsided a school bus, causing it to flip on its side, east of downtown Los Angeles, police said. The pedestrian was crossing the street at an intersection in the Boyle Heights area when struck. The person died at the scene, Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a late afternoon news conference.

Three decades on, Calif. family awaits execution (AP)

Published on September 29, 2010 By rohit

LOS ANGELES – It was after dark and 15-year-old Susan Jordan was still not home on that school night 30 years ago when her worried family got a chilling call they’ll never forget. “Susie isn’t home from school yet is she?” a man’s voice said. “You will never see your daughter again.” Her father and two brothers leaped into a truck and drove frantically around their neighborhood screaming her name.

Calif. charter schools get $1M nod on ‘Oprah’ (AP)

Published on September 21, 2010 By rohit

OAKLAND, Calif. – An Oakland nonprofit that operates 30 charter schools in California is being recognized with a $1 million donation from Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Foundation

Publishing giant makes $400M education investment (AP)

Published on September 14, 2010 By rohit

AUSTIN, Texas – Publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is making a $400 million investment to back up the company’s increasing emphasis on putting more technology into classrooms. The investment announced Monday includes $100 million in incubator money for technology supporting student achievement

The Great Recession’s Toll on Higher Education (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on September 13, 2010 By rohit

Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio have run out of scholarship money and are turning down thousands of qualified applicants. Public universities in Georgia, Virginia, and Washington have all raised their tuition by about $1,000 for the fall semester. Public colleges in Florida, Louisiana, and Nevada are canceling hundreds of classes for lack of state funding.

RFK assassination site opens as LA schools complex (AP)

Published on September 13, 2010 By rohit

LOS ANGELES – The site where Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated opened Monday as a $578 million complex of public schools for thousands of students after years of disputes over historic preservation.

CA university upholds suspension of Muslim group (AP)

Published on September 3, 2010 By

IRVINE, Calif. – The University of California, Irvine has upheld its decision to suspend a campus Muslim group after some of its members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at a campus event. However, the university said Friday it would lift the suspension of the Muslim Student Union on Dec.

Gaming Skills Become a College Course (PC World)

Published on August 29, 2010 By rohit

Problem-solving skills used in one of — if not the most — popular real-time strategy games of all time are not unlike those used in the 21st Century real world.

Which cities are most willing to tackle education reform? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Published on August 25, 2010 By rohit

Education entrepreneurs – the sort of people who want to open a new charter school, or have an innovative way to get talented new teachers into schools – would do well to head to New Orleans. Or Washington or New York.