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• On his way out, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott blames the schools, not his policies, for the conference’s shortcomings If you thought the departing Pac-12 commissioner’s reputation couldn’t sink any lower, you haven’t been paying attention for the past four or five years. If you thought Larry Scott couldn’t outdo himself in a one-man race to the bottom, you don’t appreciate his utter lack of self-awareness. We’ll say this about Scott: He’s staying true to form until the very end. Then again, that form is a big reason the end is coming on June 30. In an interview published…
• Trump's PAC, Save America, is opting supporters into extra 'surprise' donations for his birthday Summary List PlacementSave America, the political action committee (PAC) created by Donald Trump, is urging donors to "surprise" the former president with extra money on his birthday. When supporters donate via Save America's site, the website automatically ticks a box saying they would like to donate the same amount on Trump's birthday, which is June 14. For example, if a supporter donates $250, the website automatically opts them in to donating an additional $250 on June 14. "President Trump's birthday…
• Pac-12 preview: Utah product Noah Sewell anchors ‘loaded’ Oregon defense Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell during the Fiesta Bowl game against Iowa State, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. Sewell was an All-American as a freshman and will be among the leaders on that side of the ball this season. | Rick Scuteri, Associated PressUnder unlikely circumstances, the Ducks represented the North in Pac-12 title game in 2020, where they defeated USC. The question is, can they defend that title in 2021? Editor’s note: Fifth in a series of stories…
• Photos: PayPal Park hosts Los Altos High School Graduation Donning their caps, gowns and masks, Los Altos High School’s 2021 graduating class sat socially distanced from each other in the sprawling bleachers at PayPal Park on Friday. The limited members of family and friends, four per graduate, did the same in pods on the opposite side of the major league soccer stadium. With a seating capacity of 18,000, PayPal Park, home of the San Jose Earthquakes, allowed the classmates to graduate together instead of being split into multiple smaller…
• How did the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind fare in the Seventy48 boat race? Landon Pearce, a visually impaired 10th grader at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, paddles with his team on Lake Powell on March 27 during training for a 70-mile boat race. The race in Washington state was cut short by rough water and weather. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News After paddling an adventure-filled 50 miles of a 70-mile boat race across the Puget Sound this weekend, a crew representing the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind…
• Jones College Prep removes its cops as CPS schools begin new round of voting Jones College Prep, 700 S. State St. | Sun-Times fileThe Loop school’s move away from the School Resource Officer program was approved with nine votes in favor and two abstentions. A new round of Local School Council voting on whether to remove uniformed police officers from Chicago Public Schools kicked off this week, with Jones College Prep’s representative body opting to remove both its cops next fall. The Loop school’s move away from the School Resource Officer program was approved…
• Pac-12 previews: What will second-year coach Karl Dorrell do for an encore? Colorado head coach Karl Dorrell, center, leads his players onto the gridiron to host UCLA on Nov. 7, 2020, Dorrell was selected as the PAC-12 coach of the year. | David Zalubowski, Associated PressRookie coach began new era of Colorado football with bang. Can he build on the solid start in 2021? Editor’s note: Fourth in a series of stories examining the 12 football programs in the Pac-12. In 2020, Colorado was the surprise team of the Pac-12 South. In…
• How an accused "huckster" and California's education czar sold America's public school system — and an inside track to the University of California — to the Chinese elite Forty-five miles east of Irvine, and 12 miles from Val Verde Unified, UC Riverside also forged close ties with the Chinese high school. The university is ranked 88th in the US, according to US News and World Report, ahead of UC campuses like UC Santa Cruz and UC Merced, but behind UCLA, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Irvine, and Davis. Admission to UC Riverside would satisfy Ma's promise of entry into a top 100 US university. "What UCR has agreed…
• California's top education official helped an exclusive private boarding school in China aimed at getting the children of elite families into American universities Summary List PlacementAn Insider investigation has found that some of California's highest-ranking education officials and leading public universities worked closely with a businessman named Steven Ma to help set up an exclusive private boarding school in Qingdao, China, called Pegasus California School. The school, which cost roughly $34,ooo per year, purported to be a replica of a public high school in California, and was nominally a part of the Val Verde Unified School District in Riverside County, California. California's former…
• AMC board members cash in another $4.8 million of shares as meme-stock madness pushes the stock to eye-watering heights Summary List PlacementFive of AMC Entertainment's board members dumped shares for a $4.8 million profit this week, adding to the number of company insiders selling some of their stakes as the stock price of the retail-trader favorite has remained at elevated levels.  AMC board member Howard Koch Jr. cashed in on the most shares this week, reaping a total of $1.6 million from sales on Monday and Wednesday.  The other four Board of Directors members took home nearly $1 million…