Education has been called the great equalizer. No matter what your race, creed or ZIP code, every child is entitled to a quality public education. Yet as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explained to an audience of aspiring educators at the University of Virginia, as a nation, “we still have not fully achieved the dream […]
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All students should be judged on same criteria
Seeds of adult dishonesty are sown in youth, study finds
People who cheated in high school are more likely to cheat on their taxes or lie to spouses or customers and otherwise bend the truth, a Los Angeles-based ethics institute's report shows. "Once a liar, always a liar" is a proverbial parental admonishment. A new study claims there is truth to the adage: People who […]
4th teen from same Palo Alto high school commits suicide
For the fourth time in less than six months, a student from one Palo Alto high school has committed suicide, authorities say. The boy stepped in front of a train at the same location where three other students have killed themselves since May. CalTrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew said the latest suicide of a student from […]
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