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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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More air-quality testing planned at Edison High after mounting concerns about nearby defunct landfill |
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More air-quality testing is planned in the coming months at Edison High School in Huntington Beach after mounting concerns from parents that students are being exposed to dust and odors from the nearby defunct Ascon landfill. “The school is planning a proactive approach to do additional monitoring for variables we might see in work schedules, seasonal changes, environmental changes and what have you,” said Megan Canright, director of scientific operations for Forensic Analytical Consulting Services.
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https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-air-quality-report-edison-high-20190708-story.html |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Fewer students attending private, religious schools in California. Here’s why. |
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The number of California students enrolled in private schools has fallen by nearly 25 percent since 2000 – dragged down by a significant drop in the number of students attending religious schools. About 479,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade attended private schools during the 2018-19 school year, compared to about 536,000 a decade prior and 637,000 in 2000, according to the California Department of Education.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article232371867.html |
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WASHINGTON POST
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Righting the wrong of not writing: High schoolers finally tackle major research papers |
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The vanguard to immerse teenagers in research has been the International Baccalaureate program. High school seniors have been writing 4,000-word IB papers for more than 40 years. Other than IB, only private schools usually require lengthy research projects. Now, the much larger Advanced Placement program, run by the College Board, has joined in. Its Capstone AP Seminar and AP Research courses began in 2014 and 2015.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/2019/06/27/9ac74cc8-97b0-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html |
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Teaching global warming in a charged political climate |
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Teaching about climate change got a boost six years ago with the release of the Next Generation Science Standards, which instruct teachers to introduce students to climate change and its human causes beginning in middle school. To date, 20 states plus the District have adopted the standards, and many other states have embraced a modified version. All told, 37 states and the District recognize human-caused climate change in their science standards, says the National Center for Science Education.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/2019/07/05/34305146-9e7f-11e9-85d6-5211733f92c7_story.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Bay Area school redesigns its program to help students graduate |
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When Jazhun Brown first transferred to De Anza High as a junior, poor grades made him an unlikely candidate to graduate on time. His GPA was low and he had failed biology. That changed after school counselors, college advisers and teachers helped him see he could reach his goal of becoming a police officer by retaking courses and working hard to successfully complete others.
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https://edsource.org/2019/bay-area-school-redesigns-its-program-to-help-students-graduate/613851 |
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Fifty years after desegregation, wide racial and ethnic achievement gaps persist in Berkeley |
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Fifty years after Sen. Kamala Harris was bused to Thousand Oaks Elementary School from her home in the Berkeley flatlands, the district is still grappling with persistent racial and ethnic disparities that decades of concerted efforts have failed to eliminate.
The latest effort came in 2008, when the city formally adopted a sweeping initiative, called 2020 Vision for Berkeley Children and Youth, “to end the disparities in academic achievement that exist along racial lines among children and youth in Berkeley” — by next year.
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https://edsource.org/2019/fifty-years-after-desegregation-wide-racial-and-ethnic-achievement-gaps-persist-in-berkeley/614645 |
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