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Calif. schools must set up fee complaint systems

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California school districts must have procedures in place by Friday for students and parents to file complaints if they feel their schools are improperly charging fees for educational activities.

2013/02/27

Therapy dog helps students de-stress

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (AP) — The four-legged member of the counseling team at the high school in suburban Chicago waits patiently, as a crush of students fills the hallways. Her tail wags with the first pat on the head, then another and another.

2013/01/31

Calif. fails to win ‘No Child Left Behind’ waiver

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — California has lost a bid to avoid requirements of the No Child Left Behind law. The San Jose Mercury News says the state was notified last Friday that its request for a waiver had been denied.

2012/12/26

Santa Monica College restores Winter session

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – As a result of the passage of Proposition 30, Santa Monica College announced today it will proceed with its six-week winter session, starting Jan. 2. The Board of Trustees had voted […]

2012/11/20

Calif. sees record number of new charter schools

LOS ANGELES (AP) – California’s charter schools continue to grow at a rapid clip with more new schools opening than ever before, an industry association said Wednesday. The California Charter Schools Association said an unprecedented […]

2012/10/24

Private colleges boom as Calif. universities falter

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s public higher education crisis has a flip side: swelling enrollment, expanding faculty, and state-of-the-art construction at the state’s private colleges and universities. With five years of funding cuts causing stumbles […]

2012/10/21

RI school system: Dad-daughter dances violate law

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island schools superintendent has ended the district’s father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames to comply with a state gender discrimination law, prompting some to complain that the move is an […]

2012/09/18

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