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Smuggled Honey Makes It To American Stores Under Cover Of ‘Ultra-Filtration’
The next time you find yourself in the honey aisle of your grocery store, debating between a pricy premium, artisanal honey and the store-brand nectar contained in a… Read more
Conrad Murray Convicted In Michael Jackson’s Death
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated… Read more
A Majority of Democrats Seldom or Never Go to Church, Says Gallup
A majority of Democrats—52 percent—say they seldom or never go to church, according to Gallup data published Monday. That result is based on Gallup’s daily tracking polls conducted… Read more
An Unintended Consequence of Policy: Low-Quality Elementary Science Education
Anne O’Brien – According to a recent report on science education in California, more than half of elementary school principals do NOT believe it is likely that a student receives… Read more
Now More Than Ever, Classrooms Need Parents
Teacher Offers Tips for Being the Best Volunteer Ever As states continue to slash education budgets to accommodate declining tax revenues, schools respond by trying to squeeze even more out… Read more
Report: The ‘Parent Trigger’ in California, One Year Later
Conceived in 2009 by liberal activists in Los Angeles as a way to work around school boards hostile to reform, California’s landmark parent empowerment law, also known as… Read more
Debt a load on college students
The cost of a college degree has ballooned, and so has the nation’s student loan debt to pay for it. Many recent graduates say they aren’t getting a… Read more
Houston ISD Magnet program draws big crowd
The sun had yet to rise Saturday morning when Patricia Neri and her 13-year-old son, Jose Ortuno, arrived at the Houston Independent School District’s headquarters. She was so anxious to… Read more
School District enlists Metro in its aggressive effort to stop bullying
Metro Police officer Richard Burris is sparing no sympathy for the seventh-graders packed inside a Bailey Middle School classroom. Days earlier, Burris had inconspicuously watched afternoon dismissal at the school…. Read more
Focus on test scores may be pushing some teachers to cheat
Editor’s Note: The failure to properly teach the subject matter is no excuse for cheating. The number of California teachers who have been accused of cheating, lesser misconduct… Read more
