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Category Archives: Education
Pi Day? Here Are 3.14159265359 Reasons to Celebrate in San Francisco
By Sean Greene The biggest math- and pastry-themed party in San Francisco is Pi Day at the Exploratorium. They'll have the Pi Procession around the Pi Shrine, pi lectures — and actual pie. Ron Hipschman of the Exploratorium said Pi Day … Continue reading
New Director to Take Over Troubled Sonoma Disability Center
by Amy Julia Harris, California Watch A former employee of the Sonoma Developmental Center has been tapped to head California’s largest full-time care facility for the severely disabled, at a time when the institution is struggling to reinvent itself in … Continue reading
9 California School Districts File for 'No Child Left Behind' Waiver
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By Christina Hoag, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP)—Nine California school districts on Thursday filed a joint application for a waiver of stringent federal school standards, instead proposing an alternative method to measure performance. The superintendents of Los Angeles, Long Beach, … Continue reading
Calif. Retirement Systems Sending Members to Summit in Hawaii
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by Jennifer Gollan, California Watch When the head of one of the state’s largest independent pension funds received an invitation recently for his staff to attend a conference in Hawaii, his response lacked the aloha spirit. “I don’t plan on … Continue reading
Protesters Occupy City College of San Francisco
By Alex Emslie A group of exhausted City College students ended a nightlong sit-in this morning after being assured that the beleaguered school’s chancellor would meet with them Monday and hold a series of town hall forums about the looming … Continue reading
News Pix: Police Escort Oakland Students to Library, Burrowing Owls in Berkeley, Protests Brew Around the Bay
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Second and third graders from Oakland's New Highland Academy marched to the library with a police escort on Thursday, February 21 to protest the gun violence that halted their weekly trips. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Jeremy Beasley is a 43-year-old inmate who … Continue reading
In California, Thousands of Teachers Missing Needed Credentials
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by Joanna Lin, California Watch The last time Charlie Parker took a social studies class, he was a teenager with an Afro and Jimmy Carter was president of the United States. Yet here he was, standing at the front of … Continue reading
Pac-12 Reprimands Cal's Mike Montgomery For Shoving Player; Leland Yee Calls For Suspension
BERKELEY (AP) — California coach Mike Montgomery was reprimanded by the Pac-12 on Monday for shoving one of his own players in the chest during a game. The conference did not announce what specific punishment Montgomery received for his actions … Continue reading
Video: Cal Coach Mike Montgomery Shoves Allen Crabbe
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If you missed it, here's the video of Cal coach Mike Montgomery shoving star scorer Allen Crabbe on Sunday in the Bears' 76-68 comeback victory over USC. Cal was down 44-32 at the time, and Montgomery didn't like the way … Continue reading
Can Online Courses Save the University of California? Mark Yudof Looks Into the Future
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The future of the University of California may look a lot like what's in front of your eyes right now. Speaking to Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson, the school's departing president, Mark Yudof, said public universities may depend on online courses for … Continue reading
