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		<title>FBI Stings Inept Anarchists, Dim Views of the Supremes, Adult Ed&#8230;.and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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A song for May Day, 2012,   &#8220;Jack of All Trades&#8221;


THE FBI HEROICALLY STINGS, THEN LOCKS UP INEPT AND RIDICULOUS ANARCHISTS ON MAY DAY
This is from Alex Pareen at Salon.  It will make you very sad for the FBI, very sad for the idiotic anarchists, very, VERY sad for the rest of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens Prevent Prison Return, The OC Jacks School Funds,  and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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With Taylor Walker 


GARDENING INMATES LESS LIKELY TO COME BACK TO LOCK UP
A growing number of corrections facilities across the US are surprised to find that inmates who participate in gardening programs are significantly less likely to return to prison than the national average predicts.
Pattie Baker writing for Youth Today, has the rest of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Way LA? Covers Santa Monica College and Pepper Spray</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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 Warren Olney&#8217;s Which Way LA has a good line up of people talking about the pepper spray incident that occurred Tuesday night when a crowd of student protesters&#8212;extremely upset by the huge jump in fees for certain classes&#8212; attempted to gain access to the trustees meeting that was, at the time, reportedly already full&#8212;and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MISSING SCHOOL:  LAUSD&#8217;s Chronic Student Absences &amp; What to Do About Them&#8230;Plus Child Dependency Court &amp; Reax to Dizzying Health Care Arguments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Chronic truancy is a daunting problem in districts all over California, but it&#8217;s far worse in the Los Angeles Unified School District where nearly one fourth of the district&#8217;s middle-school students are chronically absent from school. 
What is even more alarming is that an identical number of  LA&#8217;s kindergartners&#8212; 22.7 percent&#8212;are also chronically absent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAUSD Cuts, What KCET Found Inside Children&#8217;s Court, How the CDCR is Changing Methods&#8230;and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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LAUSD BOARD GRITS TEETH&#8230;.THEN SLASHES AND BURNS:  VOTES TO CUT ALL ADULT SCHOOLS&#8230;.AND A LOT MORE, HOPES THAT A PARCEL TAX &#38; UNION CONCESSIONS WILL SAVE ALL
The LA Times Stephen Ceasar reports:
The Los Angeles Board of Education approved a preliminary, worst-case $6-billion budget Tuesday, a plan that would eliminate thousands of jobs, close all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Women Explain the True Cost of Shutting Down LA&#8217;s Adult Ed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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SHUTTING DOWN ADULT ED WILL MEAN A TEN PERCENT HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT RATE, SAYS LAUSD&#8217;S OWN PROJECTIONS.  
BUT IT WILL ALSO AFFECT THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF LA RESIDENTS  TRYING TO REACH FOR A NEW FUTURE

On Tuesday, March 13, the Los Angeles Unified School board will vote on the question of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE ADULT ED DRAMA CONTINUES:  Supt. Deasy Meets W/ Principals &amp; Everyone Waits for the Mayor to Take a Stand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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THE ADULT EDUCATION DRAMA CONTINUES AS SUPT. DEASY MEETS WITH ADULT ED PRINCIPALS ON MONDAY
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has called a meeting with the principals of the district&#8217;s adult education schools, as Deasy continues to leave adult ed on  the chopping block.
LAUSD has 35 adult education centers, which include 24 community adult schools, six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAUSD Sup John Deasy and Adult Ed Chief Morris Slam the Value of the GED</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Some adult eduction teachers with whom I&#8217;m acquainted sent me a link to this NPR story that explores whether a GED&#8212;or General Education Development test&#8212; is a valuable credential for people who have dropped out of school to acquire.  In delving into the question, the story cited a study indicating that a high school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday Short Takes:  SCOTUS &amp; Searches, SHUs, Teacher Misconduct &amp; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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SUPREME COURT TOSSES OUT CASE AGAINST LOS ANGELES SHERIFF&#8217;S DEPUTIES
The AP has the story.  Here&#8217;s a clip:
The Supreme Court said Wednesday that California police officers cannot be sued because they used a warrant that may have been defective to search a woman&#8217;s house.
The high court threw out the lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAUSD &amp; Adult Education: Worries About a Valentine&#8217;s Day Massacre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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The Los Angeles Unified School Board will vote on Tuesday, Valentine&#8217;s Day, on whether or not to cut nearly all funding from LA&#8217;s adult education program that serves 300,000 people with classes that, in many cases, make crucial differences in lives.
Adult ed teachers and students demonstrated at school sites all last week, but it is [...]]]></description>
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