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UC freshman applicants for 2013 a record high - latimes.com - 0 views

  • high of more than 174,700, with Latinos making up the largest portion of applicants for the first time.
  • On average, California students applied to about four UC campuses.
  • "But we'll continue to have a place for outstanding California applicants,"
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  • UCLA got the highest overall number of applications with 99,559 freshman and transfer applicants
  • 32.1%
  • Latino
  • Asian Americans made up about 30.9%
  • White students were 27.1%
  • black students were 6%
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    UC more and more applications.
Enid Baines

New college application questions encourage creative thinking - latimes.com - 40 views

  • "So where is Waldo, really?"
  • It is the kind of mind-stretching, offbeat or downright freaky essay question that is becoming more common these days as colleges and universities seek to pierce the fog of students' traditional self-aggrandizing essays detailing their accomplishments and hardships.
  • s Angeles, tackled another Chicago question. It poses physicist Werner Heisenberg's claim that "you c
Steve Ransom

Extraordinary teachers can't overcome poor classroom situations - latimes.com - 7 views

  • Still, it's become a popular fantasy that all you need is a superstar teacher, and that he or she will be just as effective even as budget cuts force us to pack more kids into each classroom.
  • we can't demand that teachers be excellent in conditions that preclude excellence.
Randy Schultz

An education problem looms -- latimes.com - 48 views

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    About the number of teachers to be needed in the next 7 years
Steven Szalaj

In the 'silent prison' of autism, Ido Kedar speaks out - latimes.com - 31 views

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    A high-school student with autism becomes an advocate for a better understanding of autism.
Randy Schultz

Controlling a classroom isn't as easy as ABC -- latimes.com - 77 views

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    Among the top reasons why teachers are deemed unsuccessful or leave the profession is their inability to effectively manage student behavior, experts say.
Marc Patton

Time-lapse video: Space shuttle Endeavour's trek across L.A. - Framework - Photos and V... - 26 views

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    The space shuttle Endeavour made its final journey last weekend, traveling 12-miles from Los Angeles International Airport, through Inglewood, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park.
Kristen Williams

Leaving the Gang Behind : ALWAYS RUNNING: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A.--A Memoir By... - 17 views

Ed Webb

Obama's Oxy professor reports: 'He still didn't agree about that grade' | L.A. Now | Lo... - 0 views

  • He urged other professors and teachers to “realize that in any class you could have a child, a young man or woman, who could do incredibly great things in the world. So teach as well as you can.”
Brian Unruh

Welcome to AEA 267 - 0 views

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  • Congratulations to Helen Hinders, Aplington-Parkersburg Middle School; Krista State, CAL Elementary of Latimer; and Larry Thompson, Four Oaks in Mason City who are this year’s AEA 267 Outstanding Paraeducator Award winners.
  • Visit the AEA booth at the Iowa State Fair
msfrome

Paddle boarder films encounter with killer whales in Laguna Beach - LA Times - 46 views

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      This is interesting
  • he hoped to raise awareness about orcas.
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