Cortines blasts athletic officials after heat exhaustion cases - LA Daily News

Cortines blasts athletic officials after heat exhaustion cases - LA Daily News

Cortines blasts athletic officials after heat exhaustion cases LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines on Friday sharply criticized a decision by athletic officials to allow a cross-country meet to continue in scorching temperatures, resulting in a dozen teens falling ill with heat exhaustion. LAUSD to review decision to hold track meet during heat wave New law raises age to start kindergarten in Calif. Community colleges hit hard by state's budget impasse Valley's world-class concert hall at CSUN receives an acoustical checkup as opening day nears 10 hospitalized with heat illness during meet at Pierce College Teacher who committed suicide was upset about an unfavorable rating New law makes it easier to transfer to California State University schools Libraries launch apps to sync with iPod generation New law makes it easier to transfer to Cal State Memorial service to be held today for Miramonte Elementary teacher Hotline for stress readied by LAUSD Obama presses for longer school years South Gate teacher who killed himself recalled as caring

Cal sports cuts: tough call, but right one

Cal sports cuts: tough call, but right one

Saturday, October 2, 2010

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UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau delivers the grim news Tuesday.

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Cal fans may be stunned by the decision to cut five sports teams. But few familiar with the burden that athletics adds to campus finances were surprised. For months, Berkeley campus leaders hinted at the unpopular reality that came to pass this week.

Gone are four teams including men's and women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse and men's baseball.

A fifth team, the top-ranked men's rugby

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Watch the One Nation March Live TODAY | The Nation

Watch the One Nation March Live TODAY | The Nation

Watch the One Nation March Live TODAY

Peter Rothberg

October 1, 2010

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Hundreds of thousands of activists are expected to be in Washington, DC today, Saturday, October 2 for the massive One Nation Working Together march and rally. You can watch it all live with our special stream of Free Speech TV's all-day coverage.

Hosted by Thom Hartmann and Laura Flanders, the full-day broadcast will feature main stage speeches, interviews with organizers and analysts and reporting from the crowd. Watch it in this space on Saturday, October 2, from 11:00am to 5:00pm EST.

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Turn that frown upside down — Joanne Jacobs

Turn that frown upside down — Joanne Jacobs

Turn that frown upside down

by Joanne

Education reformers should be happy campers, writes Jay P. Greene in We won! Instead, Rick Hess and Mike Petrilli are gloomy and Liam Julian fears the new crop of naive reformers are doomed to fail,

Let’s review. It is now commonly accepted among mainstream elites — from Oprah to Matt Lauer to Arne Duncan — that simply pouring more money into the public school system will not produce the results we want. It is now commonly accepted that the teacher unions have been a significant barrier to school improvement by protecting ineffective teachers and opposing meaningful reforms.

Yale, Simmons get grants to study food programs - Boston.com

Yale, Simmons get grants to study food programs - Boston.com

Yale, Simmons get grants to study food programs

October 2, 2010

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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale University and Boston's Simmons College are being awarded federal grants to research government-funded food and nutrition assistance programs.

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Those programs include the former food stamp program now known as SNAP -- the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- and the related program WIC, which stands for Women, Infants and Children.

Yale is receiving $265,000 from the U.S. Agriculture Department to study

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Liberal coalition rallies in Washington for jobs, education - CNN.com

Liberal coalition rallies in Washington for jobs, education - CNN.com

Liberal coalition rallies in Washington for jobs, education

By the CNN Wire Staff

October 2, 2010 10:09 a.m. EDT

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• "One Nation Working Together" rally starts Saturday morning at Lincoln Memorial
• Liberal coalition wants more economic opportunities and better education
• Rally comes five weeks after conservative Tea Party rally at same spot

Washington (CNN) -- Five weeks after Tea Party enthusiasts rallied in Washington and one month before mid-term elections, a coalition of liberal groups will have their turn on the streets of the U.S. capital.

The "One Nation Working Together" together rally kicks off Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.

The alliance of progressive and liberal groups say they've joined together to demand more economic opportunities and better education.

Organizers claim a wide range of supporters, some of whom are already associated with liberal causes -- like union workers, environmentalists, gay activists and student leaders. But "One Nation" also claims backing from less obvious quarters -- like senior citizens, veterans and faith leaders.