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Sacramento Press / Woo didn't break law, state says

Sacramento Press / Woo didn't break law, state says

Woo didn't break law, state says

by Kathleen Haley, published on January 31, 2011 at 5:27PM

Image by: Chris Shannon

From left to right: Woo is the first person pictured on the left. Singh is pictured third from the left.

Allegations accusing school board member Darrel Woo of violating the Political Reform Act were dismissed by the Fair Political Practices Commission last week.

Shane Singh, who ran against Woo for board member of the Sacramento

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usnews.com - Although the federal government will hand out billions of dollars more in college grants in 2011 and 2012 than ever before, the nation's financial aid programs as a whole are not keeping up with ri...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Chicago Votes To Give Nearly Half A Million Chicago Students Free Breakfast Tribune: Chicago's school board on Wednesday adopted a sweeping new program to offer free breakfasts in the classrooms of...

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kansascity.com - By YVETTE CABRERAThe Orange County RegisterIf America is going to out-educate the rest of the world, as President Obama challenged us to do this week in his State of the Union address, then we've g...

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bloomberg.com - Christopher Whittle, the education entrepreneur whose company lost more than $300 million running public schools, is opening a for-profit private school in New York City headed by veterans of Phill...

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californiawatch.org - Donny Tobolski will never look at the share button on Facebook the same. In December, the 15-year-old sophomore at Mesa Verde High decided to post on his Facebook page that his honors biology teach...

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usnews.com - Although nearly every college student wants a scholarship to help pay tuition, only about 50 percent of college students are expected to receive free money in 2011 and 2012. And the shortage of sch...

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education.nationaljournal.com - Monday, January 31, 2011The ducks are lining up for an Elementary and Secondary Education Act rewrite. President Obama devoted a big chunk of his State of the Union address to education, asking for...

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suntimes.com - Teachers union wants elections for school board Jan 31, 2011 12:12AM The Chicago Teachers Union was among seven organizations Wednesday to demand that Chicago move to a 13-member elected school boa...

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insidehighered.com - Study abroad programs across Egypt are scrambling to protect, feed, and evacuate their students while mass protests rock the country.The American University in Cairo, Middlebury College, AMIDEAST, ...

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nydailynews.com - Exclusive Galasso/North Jersey Media Group Almost a year after the state found that thousands of city students were not getting the language help mandated by law, the city still does not have a pla...

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nydailynews.com - Exclusive Galasso/North Jersey Media Group Almost a year after the state found that thousands of city students were not getting the language help mandated by law, the city still does not have a pla...

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ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. Community members rallied Saturday against the p...

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seattletimes.nwsource.com - Originally published January 30, 2011 at 8:20 PM | Page modified January 30, 2011 at 8:23 PM Some members of Washington's higher-education community are skeptical — and at times dismissive — of a n...

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mikecaulfield.com - There is a very nice radio piece available for a limited time on BBC iPlayer, an interview with moral philosopher Onora O’Neill on the subject of trust. It’s about a half hour, and it’s well worth ...

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wnyc.org - New York City has long boasted of studies finding charter schools do a better job of educating low-income students than regular public schools. But a new study questions that data. Bruce Baker, an ...

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preaprez.wordpress.com - Tomorrow around 6PM a blizzard is expected to hit Chicago dumping up to 20 inches of snow on the City with winds up to 40 miles an hour by Wednesday noon. Tonight I’ll be heading over to the Region...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - bigeducationape.blogspot.com - While the plans to unveil a sweeping revision to Advanced Placement biology courses on Tuesday, it is delaying similar changes in United States history by a year to a...

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nma.tv - Kelley Williams-Bolar, a single mom from Akron, Ohio, has been convicted of a felony for claiming her daughters lived with their grandparents so they could go to a better school.She wanted her daug...

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thelantern.com - In the past week, there has been a lot of attention on education. A new book, "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses," explains the findings of a recent standardized test admini...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Many folks are reflecting on their #EduCon experience of this past weekend. #EduCon is a unique education conference in that it has no vendor support or “How-To workshops”. It consists of intellect...

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sacbee.com - These are the kids no one else wants to teach.They've used drugs, carried weapons or otherwise wreaked havoc at schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District.As a last resort, they are sen...

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Jan 30 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Teacher, My Dad Lost His Job. Do We Have to Move? is the title of a NY Times article today. Here’s an excerpt: While Washington measures a school’s worth by test scores, ...

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californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Marty OmotoCalifornia Disability Community Action Network In a politically unusual event last week, seven Democratic and Republican legislators spoke out st...

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buffalonews.com - Radical changes are in store for several Buffalo schools.Because so many city schools have landed on the state's watch list, several schools are headed for big changes as soon as September, includi...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - By Katy MurphyThursday, January 27th, 2011 at 6:00 pm in elementary schools, historyI was in second grade when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated off the Florida Coast on Jan. 28, 1986. My ...

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californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy Peter Schrag The newest poll data from PPIC, the Public Policy Institute of California, provide at least a glimmer of hope both for Gov. Jerry Brown’s budge...

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