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Race to the Top: Teachers left behind?
The Swampby Mark Silva In "the race to the top,'' no child will be left behind, we're assured, but a lot of low-performing teachers - as measured by the poor performance of their students - may be The government has set......Tags: Jeb Bush, Politics, Ethics, Barack Obama, School Examinations
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Mash-up Mayhem: From legal action to 'Glee'-full acceptance
Pop & HissThanks to Fox's freshman hit show, "Glee," now even your grandmother knows the definition of a mash-up. Of course, the craze for cut-and-pasting songs has roots in decades-old music practices, and mash-up mania is more than 10 years in the...... -
A clean house and a toned body: What more could a multi-tasker ask for?
Booster ShotsAnyone who has cleaned a house -- really cleaned a house -- knows that all that elbow grease can translate into a fairly good calorie burn. But what if you could combine cleaning with an actual workout, targeting muscle groups...... -
USAID's new leader: 10 months in
The Swampby Mark Silva Months ago, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her rounds of the State Department to voice her commitment to new diplomacy, she also stopped at the U.S. Agency for International Development to voice her commitment to......Tags: National Government, University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Education
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L.A. charter schools win Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant
L.A. NOWA consortium of Los Angeles-area charter schools has won a $60-million grant to develop a new teacher evaluation system based at least partly on student test scores. The grant, part of $335 million in related awards announced today by the...... -
So long, Cyber Monday?
L.A. Times Tech BlogAs long as there has been e-commerce, there has been Cyber Monday. But is that old gem of the new economy endangered?... -
Consumer Confidential: Super-duper Cyber Monday special
Money & CompanyHere's your Cyber Monday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Yup, Cyber Monday is here, and our pals at the National Retail Federation say it's going to be a busy one. Nearly 100 million people are expected to...... -
Cyber Monday sales up 5%, says comScore
L.A. Times Tech BlogComScore this morning reported that online retailers racked up $887 million in sales on Cyber Monday, up 5% from last year. The amount is the highest single-day online spending on record after Dec. 9, 2008, when consumers splurged the exact same amount,... -
Pop-up eateries a hit with New York's hip
Reporting from New YorkWhen it comes to dining like a Gotham insider, you probably know all about food trucks and the secret speakeasies. But what about pop-up restaurants? Born of the flailing economy, pop-up restaurants arrived on the New York scene a little more than a year...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Lifestyle and Leisure, Greenpoint, Restaurants, New York City
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Gates Foundation donates $10 billion for vaccines in developing countries
Booster ShotsBill and Melinda Gates announced today in Davos, Switzerland, that their foundation would donate $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines to the world's poorest countries. The donation could save as many as...... -
That's some smoky bacon
Daily DishRain was pouring down when the doorbell rang. “Something in this package smells like it’s burning," the UPS driver told me as he handed over the bulky package. I checked the return address. "You know why? It's hickory-smoked bacon from...... -
New vaccine storage technology could revolutionize immunization in the developing world
Booster ShotsBritish researchers have devised a way to capture vaccines in a glass-like membrane composed of sugar, a feat that could eliminate the need for refrigeration of vaccines and revolutionize their distribution in the developing world. Tests have shown that...
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