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May 17, 2012
Zelda Bing's Love Camp
Long Beaach Playhouse
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March 21, 2012
Raising Salaries of Cal State University Execs is A-Okay, Lawmakers Decide
We're beginning to lose count of the number of times public education advocates begin their "official statements" with something akin to "It's a sad day for education!" This time, the opener comes from Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), whose bill to curb pay increases for college administra ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Anaheim Schools Axe 'Humiliating' Color-Coded Student ID Program
The Anaheim Union High School District went under fire last week for segregating kids based on color, though not in the way you may think. Two schools, John F. Kennedy in La Palma and Cypress in Anaheim, required students to carry around identification cards and matching planners in colors ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Capistrano School Program To Teach Kids in Chinese
Ni hao. Recognizing that China is set to become the next global superpower and that Mandarin is the most-spoken language in the world, Capistrano Unified School District trustees approved what will be the county's first Chinese-English language program. Those in the program, which ... More >>
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August 2, 2011
UCI Lands Federal Grant, Preps To Open Free Nurse-Staffed Clinic In January
By early next year, the county's first nurse-managed clinic will open in downtown Santa Ana and thanks to the $1.5 million federal grant landed by UC Irvine's Nursing Science Program, some locals will have access to free services there. UCI will run the clinic in collaboration with the ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Orange County Register Teacher Salary Expedition Spooks Public School Instructors
An Orange County Register editorial project that relies on the names, campuses and salaries of all public school teachers in the county has riled many instructors, a state teacher union official confirmed.This was most dramatically played out in the Huntington Beach Union High School District (HB ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Barbara Coe Trashes Hugh Hewitt, Says Barack Obama Owns Him!
My God, I think this might be the first time I've ever agreed with Barbara Coe on ANYTHING: she, like I, thinks local conservative yakmouth, Hugh Hewitt is a gas bag!Coe is incensed that Hewitt--in one of the few times I've agreed with him--recently trashed Tom Tancredo, the former Colorado congr ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Top 10 OC Public High Schools*
* based on state rankingsThe California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings show 120 of 554 Orange County schools rank among the state's best. And 82 schools received the highest ranking when compared with schools with similar demographics.The Orange ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Top 10 OC Public Elementary Schools*
OK, we've given you the top 10 public schools in Orange County on the high school and middle school levels.**based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. What follows are the 10 best OC ele ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Bottom 10 OC Public High Schools*
* based on state rankingsStudents who did not sleep through their science classes know that what goes up must come down, for every action there is an opposite reaction and if the California Department of Education releases Academic Performance Index rankings that can be used to list the top 10 sc ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Bottom 10 OC Public Middle Schools*
* based on state rankingsEarlier today, we ranked the top 10 public middle schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings.Since Santa Ana Unified School District schools took up the bottom four rungs on the list ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
10 Bottom OC Elementary Schools*
*based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. We listed the top 10 public elementary schools in Orange County earlier today, so here come the bottom 10, in descending order. (Numero uno doe ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
[UPDATED:] 3 MORE Santa Ana Schools Among California's Worst
UPDATE: Three more Santa Ana schools have been added the list of the worst of the worst schools in California (details below) . . . Valley High School blogFreshmen engineering students at Valley High School put the pieces together.Valley High, Century High and Willard Intermediate schools, which ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
OCHSA Censorship Draws Bay Area Push Back
OCHSAFiddling while Orange County High School of the Arts administrators burn.A Bay Area lawmaker is standing up for high school journalists in Santa Ana.
Blogs
December 9, 2009
No Fast Times at Obama High for Orange Unified Trustees
The Orange Unified School District is known for racking up national academic honors, three of its high schools consistently making Newsweek's "1,000 Best Public High Schools in America," and elementary and middle schools there continually scoring above average on standardized tests.The district i ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
3 OC Schools Escape No Child Left Behind Sanctions, CTA Crows
Just another day of learning at Kinoshita Elementary School.California Teachers Association (CTA) is taking credit for three elementary schools in Orange County improving enough academically to escape vulnerability to sanctions or forced conversion to charter schools under the federal No Child Le ... More >>
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October 1, 2009
OC Children's Book Festival
Orange Coast College
Blogs
September 2, 2009
Santa Ana Teachers Protest Funding Shift in State Budget
Teachers from the Santa Ana Unified School District are among educators from 13 low-income school systems protesting at the Capitol in Sacramento right now over funding that may be lost with the enactment of the 2009-2010 state budget.The Quality Education and Investment Act was established in 20 ... More >>
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June 12, 2008
Dragging On
Oscar De La Hoya Signing
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May 8, 2008
Momspeed
Mighty Mama Skate-o-rama
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September 30, 2004
No Child Left Behind the Front Line
Start of classes speeds recruitment drive at Orange County schools
News
August 5, 2004
The Breakfast Club
Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools
Features
January 1, 2004
Schools Out Forever
A Year in the Banana Republic of Santa Ana
Culture
November 20, 2003
Be Like Magno!
Laguna Playhouses The Romance of Magno Rubio
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May 15, 2003
Abstain From This
Brainwashing Santa Ana schoolkids is part of the Game Plan
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October 19, 2000
The Yanni Effect
UCI research linking Mozart and IQ under attack

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