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California charter schools grow in popularity 9.9.10 - Paul Preston sat in a conference room last Tuesday afternoon talking to a couple considering moving their son from River City High School to the California College, Career & Technical Education Center in West Sacramento. Learning-Disabled Enrollment Dips After 9.9.10 - Experts say the decline may be driving overall decreases in numbers of special education students. ... Dallas magnet school parents upset over proposal to let in 'students of promise' 9.9.10 - Parents who fear that Dallas ISD will weaken magnet school admission criteria and possibly move to a lottery system plan to attend today's school board meeting. Trustee Edwin Flores, who chairs the board's policy briefings, said he knew of no lottery proposal. He said a proposed change would reserve 10 percent of slots for students who don't otherwise meet admission criteria. ... Rise of stay-at-home university student: Funding crisis creates two-tier higher education system 9.9.10 - University bosses warn that while wealthy undergraduates will attend well-funded traditional institutions, other students will have to pursue part-time or online courses. ...

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Literacy and the Empowerment of Women: A Message for International Literacy Day, September 8, 2010 Tom Sticht - September 8, 2010 is International Literacy Day. This year the theme for celebrating is Literacy and the Empowerment of Women. Some thirty years ago, on September 8, 1979, I entered a large auditorium at UNESCO House in Paris as a new member of the international jury for the awarding of UNESCO's International Literacy Prizes. Teaching Greatness: Alain L. Locke Elementary School, Part 1 9.9.10 - Harry & Rosemary Wong - There is a man who lives on the top floor of an apartment building on 115th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, New York City. Every morning, he says, he is awakened by the sound of the students four blocks away at Alain L. Locke Elementary School as they shout: Sustainability News: September 2010 9.9.10 - Ashley Thorne - Is sustainability just a fad? Or has it become ingrained in our culture? Take a look at these 14 recent articles on sustainability in higher education and judge for yourself.