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California's higher education system could face decline
California's master plan for higher education, the product of an era of seemingly limitless opportunity, was nearly 30 years old when Nicolette Lafranchi was born in 1988. By the time she turned 20 last year, the plan was working well for her, just as...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Bill Maher to welcome Christopher Hitchens, Rob Thomas
The TV Guy» Orlando Sentinel – The TV GuyBill Maher has another eclectic guest list lined up for “Real Time With Bill Maher.” His roundtable guests are musician Rob Thomas, journalist Christopher Hitchens and Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers. Maher's... -
FEA president asks Duncan for Race to the Top meeting
Sentinel School Zone» Orlando Sentinel – Sentinel School ZoneAndy Ford, president of the Florida Education Association, sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan asking for his staff to meet with Florida's “education community.” The meeting would be  to share, if possib... -
Students Protest College Cuts
Proposed cuts at our state's community colleges has students fuming. Students across the state protested on college campuses Tuesday, hoping legislators will spare them from more budget cuts. The current budget plan would increase tuition at community...Tags: Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Education, Government
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Public education in U.S. falls short, Obama says
President Barack Obama strongly condemned the state of public education Tuesday, calling for more charter schools, higher salaries for effective teachers and the faster firing of bad ones, an agenda that could put him at odds with some longtime Democratic...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Los Angeles Unified School District, Charity, California, Academic Progress
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Monday's Democratic National Convention schedule
Monday, Aug. 25: ONE NATION Session begins at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, which is 2 p.m. Pacific and 5 p.m. Eastern. 3 p.m - 7 p.m. Call to Order The Honorable Howard Dean Chair, Democratic National Committee Former Governor of Vermont Invocation The...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Denver, Democratic National Convention (2008), Justice System, New Hampshire
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Timeout on teacher tenure
Teachers unions have guarded the right to tenure with great devotion and tenacity. But with the head of Washington's school district pushing for at least a timeout on tenure, and the head of the American Federation of Teachers willing to put the issue...Tags: Teachers Unions, Washington (U.S. state), New York City
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Obama and Big Labor
Today's question: Will big labor help or hurt Obama in his first year in the White House? Previously, Weigel and Lilly discussed possible futures for Hillary Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Obama administration, weighed potential Cabinet picks...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Parties and Movements, Work Relations, Career and Workplace, Henry Ford
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Labor leaders outside Hollywood check in on WGA strike
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNo labor strike gets wall-to-wall media coverage like a show-biz strike. Since the start of the WGA strike on Monday, there's been a smattering of reports on David Young and Mona Mangan, the respective West Coast and East Coast heads of the Writers Guild...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jay Leno, Strikes
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No school can be made 100% safe
Sun reporterSince the killings at Columbine High School seven years ago, schools have locked their doors, posted adults at entryways and drilled students in emergency procedures. The result, say experts, has been an increase in safety, but there remains little...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Suicide, Juvenile Delinquency, Carroll County (Maryland), Adults
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Unions' Advice Is Failing Teachers
Times Staff WriterSecond-grade teacher Crystal Mendez was in the staff lunchroom at 42nd Street Elementary in the Crenshaw district when an investment broker introduced herself and started talking up a retirement plan. Mendez, fresh out of college, thought she could trust...Tags: Blue Chip Stocks, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Michigan, Citigroup Incorporated, Insurance
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UFT leader ready to make departure effective Aug. 1
Spin CycleInfluential teachers' union leader Randi Weingarten is due to make it official next Wednesday that she will depart as head of the United Federation of Teachers on Aug. 1 to head only the national affiliate American Federation of Teachers,......Tags: Teachers Unions, Career and Workplace, Retirement, Long Island, Education
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