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SACRAMENTO BEE
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UC Davis study has something good to say about the video game ‘Minecraft’ |
One of the most popular American video games on the market, Minecraft has surprising plus-sides, experts at UC Davis say. This virtual environment teaches leadership and community-building skills that may be transferable to the real world.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article232610072.html |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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University of California looks at changing how it raises tuition — and who’d get the higher bills |
In its latest effort to find a fair way to raise tuition — and avoid student protests every time it happens — the University of California wants yearly price hikes, but only for incoming freshmen and transfer students. The UC regents don’t yet have a plan to do that. But at their mid-summer meeting in San Francisco Thursday, university officials will float a trial balloon to see what the governing board thinks.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/University-of-California-looks-at-changing-how-it-14100945.php?psid=d03ej |
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WASHINGTON POST
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More students are being bullied online, federal report says |
Online bullying is on the rise among middle and high school students, even as overall rates of bullying in schools have remained steady, according to a federal report released Tuesday. Twenty percent of students between the ages of 12 and 18 were bullied during the 2016-2017 school year, according to the report from the National Center for Education Statistics, the research arm of the U.S. Education Department. Among those students who faced bullying, 15 percent said they were bullied online or by text, a 3.5 percentage point jump from the 2014-2015 school year.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/2019/07/15/0f19f7d0-a71d-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Oakland parents push back against plan to close Kaiser school |
Although it won’t happen for another year, students at Kaiser Elementary in the Hiller Highlands neighborhood are fretting over the fate of their beloved school, which could close after the upcoming school year. “All the teachers are really nice and fun, and I like all my friends here,” said Grace Johnson, who attended kindergarten there and starts first grade in the fall.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/15/parents-push-back-against-plan-to-close-school/ |
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San Rafael school district teachers puzzled over $3.73 million fund |
Teachers and residents of San Rafael’s recently renamed Dixie School District are questioning why no one has ever told them about a $3.73 million “nest egg” stashed away since 1995 to help with the district’s capital projects. “We’re perplexed by the (Dixie) board’s decision to keep the Dixie Education Foundation a secret since 1995,” said Jan Bishop, a kindergarten teacher at what is now called Miller Creek Elementary School District and a representative of the Dixie Teachers Association, in a June 4 letter to the district’s board of trustees.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/14/dixie-district-teachers-puzzled-over-3-73m-fund/ |
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FRESNO BEE
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‘They terrorized the kids.’ School board calls for discipline over active shooter drill |
A superintendent in Fresno County faced tough criticism Tuesday and potential discipline from the school board in connection with a controversial active-shooter drill in which a school employee wore a mask and held a fake gun while shaking classroom doors. Teachers and parents called for Raisin City Schools Superintendent Juan Sandoval’s ouster at a special meeting of the school board on Tuesday afternoon.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education/article232663672.html |
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