Sunday, June 21, 2009

Cuts cost L.A. Unified its Teach for America instructors for next year

Cuts cost L.A. Unified its Teach for America instructors for next year
The district, facing a steep budget shortfall, says it won't be able to afford new teachers from the program, which places college graduates in low-income schools.

The financially strapped Los Angeles Unified School District says it cannot afford to hire any new teachers next year from Teach for America, a prestigious program that places high-achieving college graduates in low-income, underperforming schools.



Top majors line up with available jobs

Top majors line up with available jobs

A college student interested in philosophy or art history might have decided to major in them a few years ago.


Now you see it...

In the 10 years since I first fielded readers’ complaints about the phrase go missing, the British import has continued to spread in American English. It has also continued to irk some people: Grammar Girl, for instance, called it her audience’s peeve of the year for 2008. She added this advice to journalists: “Went missing actually isn’t wrong, but it ... Read more ...