By Joy Resmovits, Huffington Post High school test scores released by the federal government Wednesday provide fresh evidence of a troubling theme in American education: Students seem to perform worse on tests as they advance through the public school system to higher grades. America’s high school seniors have mostly stagnated on the National Assessment of […]
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By Anne Knowles GARDNERVILLE – Twenty-six parents, grandparents, students and teachers spoke out against the possible elimination of the music program at Whittell High School on May 9 during a special meeting of the Douglas County School District board. Almost twice that many attendees filled the audience in the Carson Valley Middle School library where […]
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By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times Giving more people health insurance could save tens of thousands of lives nationwide, according to a new analysis of data from Massachusetts, whose reforms became the model for President Obama’s health law. Throughout the national debate over the Affordable Care Act, critics have questioned whether expanding coverage results […]
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By Craig Timberg, Washington Post Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators’ demands for e-mail records and other online data, saying that users have a right to know in advance when their information is targeted for government seizure. This increasingly defiant industry stand is giving some of the […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of six South Shore residents to decide on this endorsement for the June primary. Politically savvy, connected locally and beyond, astute in policy and knowledgeable in how to make things happen – that’s the type of person Tahoe needs on the El Dorado County Board of […]
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By Jesse J. Holland, AP U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite. New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to this “diversity gap” […]
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By Clive Thompson, Mother Jones My airplane home from Boston is delayed for takeoff, so the woman next to me pulls out her phones to get some work done. Like many of us, she has two—an iPhone for her personal life and a BlackBerry paid for by her employer. “It’s a dog leash,” she jokes. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Farmers’ market season arrived in Lake Tahoe this week, though the bulk of the markets don’t open until June. “The thing we found out about farmers’ markets is there are many options, but you still have the opportunity to meet the farmer,” Steve Rozier told Lake Tahoe News. He runs a market […]
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By Kathryn Reed Earthjustice, which represents the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore, waited until May 7 – the last day possible – to file an appeal regarding the U.S. District Court’s decision upholding the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update. “The agency’s strange strategy to protect Lake Tahoe and its surrounding […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Want the potential mental and physical health benefits of meditation without the work of chasing away all those intrusive thoughts and feelings? Try laughing, a new study suggests. Laughter — the real kind associated with genuine joy and mirth — sets off brain wave patterns quite similar to those […]
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