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Building Better Mousetrap Cars; Pest-control devices power entries at a Cal State Fullerton contest for high schools. Los Angeles Times, 24 February 2005, 560 words, (English). Seventeen-year-old Nancy Gonzalez tensely leaned forward as a contest judge sliced open her taped cardboard box.
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About 30 percent of teenagers don't finish high school; in Philadelphia, it's 50 percent. Those numbers explain why Congress, in reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act, should pay more than lip service to improving high school education. Toward that end, nine civil rights organizations, including the NAACP and the National Council of La Raza, have formed a coalition called the Campaign for High School Equity. They seek changes in the NCLB law as well as other systemic reforms that will improve graduation rates.
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"MassBioEd grant money has enabled public schools like Brighton High School to update their laboratory materials to keep up with the constantly evolving field of biotechnology. By exposing students to biotechnology methods, skills and issues, students are inspired to participate in advanced science courses, to explore careers in biomedical science, and to consider the impact of scientific discoveries on society," said Kenneth Salim, former biology teacher, Brighton High School.
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Officials at Calvary Temple Academy announced the high school would be closing its doors at the end of the school year. That ... closes the book on a school that has had quite the tumultuous history since athletics began there in 1997.
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With nearly 370,000 California high school seniors set to graduate this June, the statewide campaign is designed to increase the number of low- and middle-income students who apply for a Cal Grant. The Cal Grant application window runs January 1 - March 2.
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