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Rising test scores allow 5 local schools to thwart outside takeover

Five Los Angeles-area schools improved so much on state standardized tests that they will no longer be exposed to possible takeover by outside groups, officials announced Monday.

Can Philadelphia school end black vs. Asian violence?

Duong Nghe Ly can't wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and ...

Senh: I have the same background and experienced the same kind of discrimination. I like the response from the Asian parents. It didn't show any hint of retaliation, but focuses on understanding and sympathy. Same with with the new principal's response.

16 South Carolina public high schools make Newsweek magazine tops in US list

Sixteen schools in South Carolina are on the 2010 Newsweek magazine list of America's Best High Schools, an annual ranking of the top public high schools in the nation based on rigorous course offerings and how all students perform in those courses.

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Rising test scores allow 5 local schools to thwart outside takeover

Can Philadelphia school end black vs. Asian violence?

16 South Carolina public high schools make Newsweek magazine tops in US list