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The Chocolate-Flavored Milk Wars Come to Santa Monica
Analysis of recent test scores at LAUSD campuses as compared to four outside reform organizations, and banning chocolate and other-flavored milk at schools....
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenAnalysis of recent test scores at LAUSD campuses as compared to four outside reform organizations, and banning chocolate and other-flavored milk at schools. Also, the last of the big-name aerospace companies leaves LA. On our partial rebroadcast of today's To the Point, America’s largest credit rating agency is now under investigation. At the same time, local governments are taking another look at whether S&P is serving their needs.
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3 storiesTest Scores and Milk Wars
We have two school stories tonight, both full of surprises. Analyzing scores at the lowest performing schools across the board, the Los Angeles Times has found that, when it comes to improved proficiency in Math and English, schools run by the LA Unified School District itself are out-gunning them all, including those run by outside reform…
Read the story14 minNorthrop Says Goodbye to Southern California
Northrop Grumman is the last of the big-name aerospace companies headquartered in Southern California, and now it's going, too. Like others before it, Northrop will move its top executives closer to the action in Washington, DC. In this case, to Falls Church, Virginia. D.J. Waldie is a historian, poet and author of many books on many subjects.
Read the story7 minIs Justice Department's Investigation of S&P Retaliation?
When Standard & Poor's downgraded America's credit rating , questions were raised about the agency's role in failing to blow the whistle on sub-prime mortgages. Now the Justice Department has launched an investigation. At the same time, local governments are taking another look at whether S&P is serving their needs.
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