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12-31-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:





College Recruiters Give Low-Income Public Campuses Fewer Visits
Recruiters' patterns mean students at underserved schools may lose out in the competition for college entrance and aid, experts say. By Larry Gordon, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1dnfFQN Students gather in college counselor Teresa Carreto's room at Roosevelt High in L.A.'s Boyle Heights, one of the area campuses receiving relatively few visits from college counselors. (Bob Chamberlin, Los
THIS IS THE COMMON CORE YOU SUPPORT? - or What Must Be Done in the Next Two Years …from two years ago!
by Paul Thomas, @The Chalk Face Blog | http://bit.ly/18VXzGe December 23, 2013 by  ::  You have plenty of Urban Legend and baseless conspiracy theories swirling around the Common Core, and none of that really serves anyone well. But you also have evidence (and from what I can tell, that doesn’t carry much weight). So for all those who support the Common Core, and tend to ignore the
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 12-28-13
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  STATE’S SCHOOLS FAIL TO CLOSE LATINO TEST-SCORE GAP + smf’s 2¢By MARTHA MENDOZA, - The Orange County Register http://bit.ly/19dSO5C 2013-12-22 15:58:35 – PAJARO  ::  As Hispanics surpass white Californians in population next year, the state becomes a potential model for the rest of the country, which is going