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Race may again be factor in school assignments
- Seven years after a lawsuit forced the San Francisco Unified School District to not consider race when assigning students to schools, a proposal to put ethnicity back into the equation in order to help diversify schools will be introduced at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday.
- Seven years after a lawsuit forced the San Francisco Unified School District to not consider race when assigning students to schools, a proposal to put ethnicity back into the equation in order to help diversify schools will be introduced at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday.
Nonpassing students still get pomp, piece of paper
- Several hundred San Francisco public school students who did not pass the state's required exit exam were still given permission to don a cap and gown and participate in graduation ceremonies, although they were not given a diploma. Instead, they were given a "certificate of completion," a provision approved by the school board just months before graduation.
District attempts to help failing '07 seniors pass test
- Twenty percent of the incoming senior class within the San Francisco Unified School District - a total of 882 students - have failed the state's exit exam - a standardized test that public school students are required to pass in order to get a diploma.
Legal battle still is not finished
- Despite a state appeals court decision earlier this month that upheld California's high school exit exam, the lawyers who filed lawsuits against the high-stakes test said on Tuesday that they haven't given up their legal fight.
State moves ahead on stem cell funding
- Although federal funding for embryonic stem cell research faces a presidential roadblock, California researchers are forging ahead with plans for billions of dollars in voter-approved state stem cell funds.
John Rackliffe
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Healthcare or eugenics - You decide
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Darren Pope
Columbia Independent Examiner
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Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" gave schoolchildren advice on extreme sex practices
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Obama's "Safe Schools Czar" gave schoolchildren advice on extreme sex practices
