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Teen Accepted into Four Ivy League Universities

6.24.10 - Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe never dreamed she would be attending an Ivy League university, much less

Villaraigosa backs charter school bids, rips Cortines

6.25.10 - The mayor says L.A. Unified didn't give charters a fair chance in an earlier bid for control of new and low-performing campuses. The mayor of Los Angeles sided publicly with...
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Teachers make up 61 percent of CMS layoffs

6.25.10 - Teachers accounted for 61 percent of the 807 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools employees who got pink slips for the coming year, according to a layoff tally...
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Teachers become the students in U.S. Supreme Court

6.25.10 - Lauren Sausser - WASHINGTON — Adele Dalesandro stepped inside the U.S. Supreme Court wide-eyed. She spoke in whispers, trying to absorb everything