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EDUCATION / NEWS Wed Aug 15, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

SF Gate -- Many social reformers have long said that low academic achievement among inner-city children cannot be improved significantly without moving their families to better neighborhoods, but new reports released Tuesday that draw on a unique set of data throw c.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- California's annual ritual of ranking all public schools by how well they do on standardized tests shows that more of them are continuing to reach the desirable mark of 800 points on the state's Academic Performance Index (API). But that promising news.. Read More

EDUCATION / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 2:09pm neoform

Washington Post -- Senior Jasmine Weiss is an educator's dream, an A-plus student who is captain of the basketball team and drum major of her school's marching band. Colleges collectively are offering her $3 million worth of academic scholarships. Weiss might be just the.. Read More