The Los Angeles Times has the story of a healthy school lunch policy gone awry. It focuses on the Los Angeles Unified School District’s attempt to bring healthy, fresh options into schools. High school students, perhaps unsurprisingly, would prefer to eat Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Participation in the school lunch program has dropped by the thousands, a black market for unhealthful contraband is thriving and school officials are thinking about bringing back the exact foods they meant to push out: Read full article > >

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Building a junk food black market

A school district that is a finalist for the soon-to-be announced $1 million 2011 Broad Prize for Urban Education is embarking on a public relations effort — funded with U.S. government and Gates Foundation money — to end public opposition to its school reform program, which includes a slew of new standardized tests. Read full article > >

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School district uses Race to the Top money for public relations

Desperate for teachers with advanced degrees, the Prince George’s County school district sponsored work visas for hundreds of teachers from the Philippines. Now, the school system is embroiled in a complex legal battle with the U.S. Department of Labor — and the hundreds of Filipino teachers who left their home behind could soon be gone. Read full article > >

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Fate of Filipino teachers in Prince George’s on shaky ground

On the second season premiere of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” (ABC at 8 p.m.), Oliver gets off to a rocky start when he attempts to take his program to the Los Angeles Unified School District, only to find out that the district wants nothing to do with him. Not to be deterred by a door slamming in his face, the chef decides to try to win over the parents and teachers through various methods, including creating healthy options at a local fast-food restaurant.

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TV Highlights: ‘Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution’ premiere; ‘Family’ shows

On the second season premiere of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” (ABC at 8 p.m.), Oliver gets off to a rocky start when he attempts to take his program to the Los Angeles Unified School District, only to find out that the district wants nothing to do with him. Not to be deterred by a door slamming in his face, the chef decides to try to win over the parents and teachers through various methods, including creating healthy options at a local fast-food restaurant.

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TV Highlights: ‘Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution’ premiere; ‘Family’ shows

Note to teenagers: These kinds of dares don’t usually end well. A 17-year-old boy on a high school field trip to the Golden Gate bridge leapt off and lived. He told the surfer who rescued him that he did it “for kicks.” The school district said he…

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Teen Survives Golden Gate Bridge Jump

The state declared the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American program illegal, even while similar programs for black, Asian and American Indian students were left untouched.

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Citing ‘Brainwashing,’ Arizona Declares a Latino Class Illegal

A school district board member in Arkansas who came under fire for an anti-gay post on a social networking site regrets the comments and will resign, he told AC360°.

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School board member to resign over anti-gay post

A Mississippi school district must pay about $81,000 in fees in a lawsuit filed by a lesbian student who was told she’d be ejected from a prom if she brought her girlfriend.

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