Archive for Category: "Education"

8May
2013

New USAC Slate Let’s Act! Seeks to Address Diversity and Affordability

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New USAC Slate Let’s Act! Seeks to Address Diversity and Affordability

USAC elections are underway. Let’s Act!

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15Mar
2013

Everything You Need to Own Finals Week

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Everything You Need to Own Finals Week

Without proper preparation, finals can wear students down physically and mentally. As a result, we have compiled a list of helpful articles to help readers tackle finals week without sacrificing their sanity.

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11Mar
2012

A New Blueprint on Education Reform

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A New Blueprint on Education Reform

Exhausted after a long day of classes and work, third year English major, Victoria Beyrooty takes a bus back to her apartment, passing restaurants and movie theaters that she can no longer afford. Due to the tuition increase over the last few years, students like Beyrooty are forced to take on extra jobs and cut personal expenses in order to pay for school.

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18Apr
2011

Why our Current Education System is Leading us to Failure

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Why our Current Education System is Leading us to Failure

When we walk into the lecture hall, we can easily identify the seats meant for students and the single podium that belongs to the teacher. Many of the lecture halls at universities are meant to accommodate hundreds of students at a time, the seats arranged theater-style…

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27Feb
2011

Jordan High School’s Future as a Charter School: Will the Transformation Help?

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Jordan High School, located in South Central LA, is one of two sites served by MAPS. It’s also one of the lowest performing schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, leading to a dramatic intervention So, when it was announced that the public high school would change into three distinct charter school campuses next year, doubts abounded as to the effectiveness of implementing such a decision. Studies have been conducted on existing charters already, measuring their students’ performance in [...]

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29Jan
2011

LAUSD’s Decision to Divide Jordon High School into 3

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LAUSD’s Decision to Divide Jordon High School into 3

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the second largest school district in the country.  The schools range in academic performance but with the budget restraints that have hit the state of California, the disparities between the schools have only increased.  Those schools that lacked resources have only slipped further and further away from what should be the standard of education.  In the midst of all of this, managing the many schools under the LAUSD’s belt has left the seams [...]

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