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LAUSD gearing up to compete for $25M Race to the Top prize	5/25/2012 6:20 PM
With its eye on a $25 million prize, Los Angeles Unified is gearing up to compete in the Race to the Top, a federal grant program that for the first time is open to individual school districts.
Officials approve subway under Beverly Hills High despite 'disaster movie'	5/24/2012 5:24 PM
When the drama ended, Los Angeles County transportation officials voted Thursday to send a subway route 70 feet under Beverly Hills High School, though a long legal fight likely looms in the dispute.
LAUSD settles sexual harassment allegation involving Cortines	5/23/2012 8:28 PM
Los Angeles Unified will pay $200,000 and give lifetime health benefits to settle a sexual harassment allegation filed by a facilities executive against retired Superintendent Ramon Cortines, officials said Wednesday.
Report: More students take math and science, fewer seek jobs while in school	5/23/2012 7:06 PM
More high school students are enrolling in math and science classes and seeking online learning opportunities. Fewer want or are able to find jobs while in school.
Ramos cleared on one charge, mistrial declared on the other	5/23/2012 6:34 PM
A jury today cleared Centinela Valley school board member Gloria Ramos on one of two felony charges stemming from a fight she got into with her niece, but failed to reach a verdict on the second charge.
Ramos testifies to her side of the story in assault trial	5/23/2012 2:16 PM
Centinela Valley school board member accused of assaulting her niece while making felony threats took the stand in court Tuesday to share her side of the story.
Heated testimony opens Gloria Ramos assault trial	5/21/2012 9:22 PM
The trial of a Centinela Valley school board member accused of assaulting her niece got under way Monday, with her 23-year-old niece testifying that Gloria Ramos tried to strangle her and a key witness contradicting some of her testimony.
Inglewood Unified makes state list of 12 least solvent school districts	5/21/2012 7:33 PM
The Inglewood Unified School District is among the 12 least fiscally solvent school districts in California, according to a report released Monday by the state.
Manhattan Beach 7th-grader's `Total Recall' essay wins $500 prize	5/21/2012 10:34 AM
With her lucid deconstruction of the movie "Total Recall," a seventh-grader from Manhattan Beach Middle School has won an essay contest sponsored by Raytheon and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
CSU Dominguez Hills students win in speech-and-debate competition	5/21/2012 10:18 AM
Three persuasive members of the speech-and-debate team at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson won first- and second-place awards at a regional meet last month.

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