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Mayor appoints superintendent of instruction

By Duke Helfand and Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers 3:12 PM PST, February 26, 2008 Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, moving to improve struggling campuses that are taking part in his high-profile and high-stakes school reform effort, has tapped a veteran San Diego educator to take charge of instruction at those schools. Angela Bass, a top administrator in […]

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How To Make Great Teachers

By CLAUDIA WALLIS  of Time Magazine We never forget our best teachers - those who imbued us with a deeper understanding or an enduring passion, the ones we come back to visit years after graduating, the educators who opened doors and altered the course of our lives. I was lucky enough to encounter two such […]

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California’s schools gird for steep cuts

The Long Beach school board voted to close an elementary school this week. The Rialto Unified School District, in what is believed to be the first such action in the state this year, sent notices to 305 employees including teachers, informing them that they may not have a job next fall. The San Francisco school […]

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