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The median price of a detached home in Marin fell to $1.525 million last month as the Bay Area led the state in declining values.The median figure marked a 10.3% drop from February 2022 and a 28% decline from a peak of $2.12 million last April.It was also a slight decline from the $1.6 million median price in January.

Rishi Sunak has accused Labour of an attack on aspiration as he defended tax breaks that hand hundreds of millions of pounds to the UK's top private schools.In noisy clashes in the Commons, Keir Starmer demanded an end to the handouts which have helped give Winchester College  the prime minister's former school  a rowing club and extensive art collection.

Chicago families need school choice now more than ever.The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) published state-by-state and some large-district assessments of scores Monday - and the news is catastrophic.A decade of math growth was wiped out.Reading growth, which was starting to fall before the pandemic, fell further.

Finding the perfect location to settle down and purchase a new construction home is an exciting yet sometimes challenging decision in any homeowner's life.While the Bay Area has long been a popular choice for some homeowners in California, the vibrant city of Sacramento has been steadily drawing attention to potential buyers over recent years.

At Winchester college, the alma mater of Rishi Sunak, students can take classes in wood carving and sculpture, perform on a proscenium stage at the school's 240-seat theatre, or make use of the 2,000 books in its art library.The story is very different at state schools, which have seen a steep reduction in arts provision over the last decade.

A Vermont high school forfeited a girls basketball game and withdrew from a tournament on Feb. 21 because the opposing team had a transgender player.Mid Vermont Christian School was scheduled to play Long Trail School on Feb. 21.But Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited the game, according to the Long Trail athletics calendar.

Almost half of Spanish families pay for private classes for their children, but while richer households invest in widening and perfecting their offspring's knowledge, poorer ones pay to help repeat and reinforce what their children learn at school, according to a thinktank report.The study, produced by the Esade Centre for Economic Policy and titled Shadow Education in Spain, shows that 1.7bn (1.5bn) was spent on private lessons between 2019 and 2020, with 47% of households with school-age children shelling out for them.

Meritocracy is one of society's most powerful myths.It is comforting to believe we live in a fair world where people are rewarded for a mixture of talent and effort.But Britain remains an elitist country in which a socially stratified education system funnels those born to privilege into the highest-status jobs, while holding back children born to parents who have never benefited from such opportunities.

Realtor.comThe swoon-worthy Asa Gray House at 88 Garden Street in Cambridge, MA, checks all the boxes-history, charm, and walking proximity to Harvard Square.The place was recently listed for $10,800,000.Although always privately owned, the home has been a National Historic Landmark since 1965.The five-bedroom, 6.5-bath dwelling is named after the famous Harvard botanist and passionate Darwinian, who lived in it for more than 40 years.

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The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than employees who are entitled to protections under the National Labor Relations Act.

A few hours before a Sierra Canyon-hosted Division I regional basketball opener that turned into a party for a road Taft crowd in Chatsworth, Toreadors coach Derrick Taylor picked up the phone, exasperated.Some kid on campus, he explained, was buying tickets for Tuesday night's clash against the Trailblazers and selling them for $25.

Legendary former Fairfax coach Harvey Kitani was there, the signature glasses back, the trademark black mustache now turned pepper grey.Trevor Ariza was there, Westchester's pride and joy turned NBA champion, lounging in an open room behind the baseline.Pieces, memories of a past era in a time-honored rivalry floated around Westchester's gym Wednesday night for the latest installment of Fairfax- Westchester boys' basketball.

The once-thriving City Section rivalry came and went in late October.The bottom continued to fall out, the hole continuing to deepen for Crenshaw High football, the Dorsey Dons rolling over the Cougars by 40 in the biggest game of the season.It was such a blowout that nobody seems to recall the right score.

A few days ahead of his May 15 inauguration, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson announced that Jennifer "Jen" Johnson, the Chicago Teachers Union's recent chief of staff, will serve as his deputy mayor for education, youth and human services.Jennifer Johnson was one of several senior staff members, including the Mayor-elect's chief financial officer and policy and budget directors announced Thursday.

Six-year-old children should be learning to read, identify new words by matching letters to sounds, count to 100, and do basic addition and subtraction.But now we have a 6-year-old who allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia.Unfortunately, school shootings are not uncommon.There have been more than 1,300 school shootings in the U.S. since 1970, according to data from the government-sponsored Homeland Security Digital Library.

Missouri lawmakers passed two bills Wednesday that would bar transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender and ban gender-affirming care for minors, the latest state to advance such legislation as transgender rights have become a marquee issue for the Republican Party.

House Republicans in Missouri on Wednesday passed two bills targeting the rights of transgender people in the state: a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth and broad legislation that would prohibit trans female athletes from competing in women's sports.Under SB 49, health providers in the state are no longer allowed to prescribe or administer hormone therapy or puberty-blocking drugs to any minors in the state unless that minor was receiving such care prior to Aug. 28, 2023.

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) A sweeping public education bill that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools and restrict classroom lessons on sexual orientation received initial approval Tuesday and will now go before the Senate for a full vote.The Senate education committee, led by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, voted 10-2 to advance Senate Bill 8.

ALBANY - A Brooklyn assemblyman is being called out by activists and former classmates after claiming he's "not familiar" with the use of corporal punishment at Hasidic Jewish religious schools in New York.Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein (D-Brooklyn) sparked a social media firestorm last week with a tweet insisting he's unaware of any such issues at the schools, known as yeshivas, in the Empire State.

ALBANY - A Brooklyn assemblyman is being called out by activists and former classmates after claiming he's "not familiar" with the use of corporal punishment at Hasidic Jewish religious schools in New York.Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein (D-Brooklyn) sparked a social media firestorm last week with a tweet insisting he's unaware of any such issues at the schools, known as yeshivas, in the Empire State.

Police officers stand guard to ensure security at the vicinity of police headquarters, where Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is held and will appear in a temporary court set up by authorities for security reasons, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.The opposition party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Khan called for demonstrators to remain peaceful, hours after mobs angered over the dramatic mid-trial arrest set fire to the residence of a top army general in the eastern city of Lahore.

The Brooklyn Women's Bar Association hosted a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar in Brooklyn Heights on Thursday night where members of the Law Offices of Regina Skyer and Associates presented on Special Education Law.The CLE was titled, "Special Education Law in Theory and in Practice in New York: A Primer on the Law and How to Help Your Clients Access Services for Their Children."

Patriots "You can sit there and look at the kitten tweet from yesterday.Don't buy that."Tom Brady took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to dispel the rumors that he was weighing yet another comeback for the 2023 NFL season.Apparently, Scott Zolak isn't buying it.The Patriots radio broadcaster and 98.5 The Sports Hub co-host said on Wednesday that the possibility of Brady returning to the gridiron this fall is very real.

At an emergency meeting Thursday, the Florida High School Athletic Association approved a proposal to remove all questions about menstrual cycles from medical forms required to participate in high school sports in the state.The new form will go into effect for the 2023-2024 school year and will be available starting this spring.

Labour will attempt to force a binding vote on ending private schools' tax breaks and use the 1.7bn a year raised from this to drive new teacher recruitment.The motion submitted by Keir Starmer's party for the opposition day debate on Wednesday is drafted to push the charitable status scheme that many private schools enjoy to be investigated, as the party attempts to shift the political focus on to education.

TEXAS, USA For Dr. Michelle Smith, there is some irony in the new 'educational freedom' bill filed in the Texas Senate.The longtime public school advocate finds it odd that a bill meant to help parents send their kids from public school to private school does not actually help parents whose kids are already attending a private school.

AUSTIN, Texas Tuesday is "Parent Empowerment Day" at the Texas State Capitol, where education leaders, elected officials and parents are expected to discuss parental rights in children's education.As part of Parent Empowerment Day, Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to deliver remarks on the north steps of the Capitol.

One of the largest school districts in the country has been taken over by the government.The Texas Education Agency (TEA) confirmed Wednesday that at the end of the school year, Houston Independent School District's superintendent and school board members will be replaced by a board of managers chosen by the state's government.

TEXAS, USA State Representative Ron Reynolds says if it can happen in the Houston Independent School District, it can happen to any district in the state of Texas.And the Democrat from Houston says the Texas Education Agency's effort to assume control of HISD is a hostile takeover.This is a power grab.

Like most parents in the nation's second-largest school district , Marianne Webster was shocked to learn of the massive strike set to shutter public schools across Los Angeles for three days next week.She was even more shocked to learn about it from her third-grader."When I picked him up he said, 'The teachers are going on strike,'" said the mother of four, whose two eldest children attend 186th Street Elementary School in Gardena, where 70% of students take the bus to campus and 100% get free lunch.

Tom Brady may be joining the Miami Dolphins after all, according to several recent reports from NFL media members.The latest to report that the 45-year-old legendary quarterback will come out of retirement for the second straight season is former New England quarterback Scott Zolak, who is now a member of the Patriots' broadcast team.

Tom Brady may be joining the Miami Dolphins after all, according to several reports from NFL media members.The latest to report that the legendary quarterback will come out of retirement for the second straight season is former New England quarterback Scott Zolak, who is now a members of the Patriots' broadcast team.

Patriots' commentator Scott Zolak has indicated that Tom Brady could unretire and head to Miami to play for the Dolphins in the 2023 season.Wouldn't this be something?On Zolak and Bertrand, Scott Zolak hints that Tom Brady could go to the Miami Dolphins.He claims that it's "100% in play"
He went on further:

"Brady may go to Miami.

AUSTIN, Texas Members of the Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) shared their concerns over school vouchers with lawmakers on Tuesday at the Texas State Capitol.Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced that he will be traveling around the state to make his case for school vouchers also referred to as school choice especially in rural areas.

Why wasn't he in custody? asks the MI5 officer Lily Thomas.It is January 1963, and Thomas is talking about Kim Philby, a British intelligence agent who, after being exposed as a Soviet spy, has escaped to Moscow.Nicholas Elliott, Philby's closest friend and a fellow member of the foreign intelligence agency MI6, looks slightly nonplused.

France's first lady Brigitte Macron says she backs the idea of school uniforms, as the far right is pushing in parliament to make a unified dress code mandatory nationwide.Published: 12 January 2023 17:35 CET Uniforms have never been compulsory in all state schools in mainland France, and the education minister is against any such law.

Labour will try to force a binding vote in the Commons on ending private school tax breaks and using the cash to recruit thousands of extra teachers.Sir Keir Starmer's party plans to use an opposition day motion on Wednesday to attempt to establish a new committee from government to investigate reforming the tax benefits enjoyed by private schools.

Education experts and unions say Rishi Sunak's promise to make all pupils study maths until they are 18 is unattainable because the chronic shortage of teachers in the subject is at crisis point.The government has missed its target for teacher recruitment in seven of the past eight years, official statistics show.

England taking on Wales in Qatar and changes to the Government's Online Safety Bill feature among the stories on the nation's papers.The Daily Mirror, The Sun and the Daily Star all dedicate their front pages to the much-anticipated World Cup group stage clash between England and Wales.Meanwhile, The Times and The Telegraph report on the Government's amendments to the Online Safety Bill, which would boost protections for children and remove controversial measures that would have forced social media sites to take down material designated legal but harmful.

Protests in China and Matt Hancock's third-place finish on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! are among the stories leading the papers at the start of the working week.The Telegraph and Metro report Chinese protesters have called for the resignation of leader Xi Jinping as anti-lockdown demonstrations sweep across the country.

France's first lady Brigitte Macron says she backs the idea of school uniforms, as the far right is pushing in parliament to make a unified dress code mandatory nationwide.Published: 12 January 2023 17:35 CET Uniforms have never been compulsory in all state schools in mainland France, and the education minister is against any such law.

At last a glimmer of light on the NHS horizon.Labour's shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, clearly smarting from his brush with cancer two years ago, has realised that the problem with the NHS is not just cash but structure.Above all, it lies in the costs and delays of an archaic network of occupational demarcations seizing up surgeries and hospitals alike.

What is an international section' Essentially international sections in French secondary schools allow students to learn a modern foreign language, such as English or German in much more depth than a standard state secondary.These sections also facilitate the integration of foreign students into the French school system.

AUSTIN, Texas  A lot of us have experienced the sense of being familiar with somebody without knowing their name or ever having had a conversation with them.These "familiar strangers" are the people we see every day, on a regular basis, but never talk to or know anything about.Familiar strangers include a wide variety of people, like classmates, someone you see often at the gym or someone you see daily at a coffee shop.

I will unite our country, not with words, but with action, Rishi Sunak tweeted, an hour before he began officially naming his first cabinet.And at first glance the 31-strong cabinet does appear to make concessions to his rival candidates for party leader (notwithstanding the fact that one of them, Boris Johnson, never officially entered the race).

The cost of college is not skyrocketing  at least for now, when factoring in the average amount of grant aid students receive.Most schools offer grants, money that students don't have to pay back, making the actual amount they pay for college, known as the net cost, lower than the published sticker price.