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Professors and researchers had to wow tough critics -- fourth-graders from Foster and Carver elementary schools in Compton. The 200 judges at the biomedical science fair surveyed

Students at Capistrano Avenue Elementary in West Hills pose and goof off. Demand for the photos is staying strong, despite the recession and the ease of at-home photography.

School administrators debate whether the vitamins are worth the added sugar. In Illinois, students organize to overturn a ban. The dairy industry recently rolled out an expensive media campaign in praise of chocolate milk

Anyone who has spent time in or around government, from the deeply embedded bureaucrat to the young policy wonk, knows that there are two important issues in funding a public program

Jefferson High is one of the campuses that both Los Angeles' mayor and groups backed by the teachers union have bid to run. Supt. Ramon Cortines will decide.

The campus, which recruits heavily in Asia, had 7,482 international students in the 2008-09 school year. UCLA was eighth, with 5,590.

Classrooms that have replaced chairs with balls and ball chairs see better results.

Some campuses are luring students away from UC and Cal State schools with grants and assurances.

To offset a budget shortfall of almost $500 million, Cortines also wants a 12% pay cut in the future. Los Angeles school district officials asked union members Friday

UC, CSU and community college campuses are well-regarded despite recent furloughs and reduced class offerings. Yet only 41% of those surveyed would support higher taxes to offset budget cuts.