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There’s a first world problem Louis Brewster Fans, media need to show patience in Tony Stewart investigation Home → News → Education Six candidates vie for two Rialto Unified school board seats After a year that has seen almost a complete turnover of upper management, up to 80 percent of Rialto Unified’s school board could also... By Beau Yarbrough | 38 mins ago UCLA, USC, Pomona College among top 50 LGBT-friendly colleges Campus Pride released its list of the top 50 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-friendly colleges and universities in America on Friday. The national organization for LGBT, queer and ally students aims to build future leaders in safer colleg... By Zen Vuong | 1 day ago Education Rialto Unified Holocaust assignment created in leadership ‘void,’ documents show Education Rialto Unified: Board begins search for permanent superintendent Higher education Dennis McCarthy: A little more ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ would do wonders for Los Angeles MOST RECENT STORIES Education Stanford professor becomes 1st woman to win top math prize WASHINGTON >> An Iranian-born Stanford University professor is the first woman to win math’s highest honor, the Fields Medal. The International Mathematics Union awarded the prize to Maryam Mirzakhani and three others at a meeting in Seoul on Wednesday. The prize and $13,700 is awarded every four years to mathematicians 40 years old or younger. It was established in 1936. Mirzakhani, 37, won for complex theoretical math on the symmetry of curved surfaces,... The Associated Press | 2 days ago Legal proceedings Rialto Unified: Accused embezzler Judith Oakes back in court on Thursday Former Rialto Unified accountant Judith Oakes is scheduled to appear in Rancho Cucamonga Superior Court today, more than a year after she was first arrested for allegedly embezzling $1.8 million from the district. The former accountant in Rialto Unified’s Nutrition Services department is charged with Beau Yarbrough | 3 days ago Diabetes Low income diabetics more likely to lose a limb, UCLA researchers say Paul Vinci’s feet were deteriorating, and he didn’t know why. Small sores turned into large wounds. Ulcers had eaten away the skin on the top of his toes and on the soles of his feet. The skin around his toenails began to darken with gangrene. Diabetes-related nerve damage had made him feel as if his feet were burning. Homeless and without health insurance, Vinci almost lost his right foot. “I was living on the street, wrapping my feet up every day,”... Susan Abram | 3 days ago Court decisions Judge rules California violated duty to ensure adequate instruction for non-native English speakers California has violated its mandatory duty by failing to ensure that thousands of non-native English speakers in grades K-12 receive some form of specialized instruction in their classrooms, a Los Angeles judge ruled this week. Superior Court Judge James Chalfant said the plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, presented credible evidence that as many as 250 school districts in California — or a quarter of all districts in the state — are denying... Rob Kuznia | 2 days ago Education Rialto Unified refuses to identify Holocaust assignment teachers, administrators Rialto >> Lawyers for the school district are refusing to identify any employees involved in the creation or oversight of a controversial assignment last spring that asked eighth-graders to argue whether or not the Holocaust actually occurred. Rialto Unified’s new legal firm, Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost, released more than 200 pages of documents related to the Holocaust assignment on Wednesday afternoon, but the names of all school district staffers involved were withheld... Beau Yarbrough | 3 days ago Education Officials on hand to greet Redlands East Valley High students on first day REDLANDS >> Community leaders paid visits to Redlands East Valley High School on Wednesday to greet students for the first day of school for the 2014-15 year. The visit, intended to introduce area organizations and programs to students while creating a welcoming environment, was a follow-through on one of the solutions planned following... Kristina Hernandez | 3 days ago Education Bruce Baron: San Bernardino community colleges help STEM students grow In 2013, there were 5.7 million total job postings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and STEM jobs are predicted to grow 55% faster than non-STEM jobs over the next decade. However, there is a limited supply of candidates for these jobs, since so few graduates come out with degrees in those fields. Forbes, Inc. says that recent grads with bachelor’s degrees in STEM positions and less than three years’ experience in the workforce can earn... By Bruce Baron Chancellor, San Bernardino Community College District | 3 days ago Education Rialto Unified school board meets tonight (liveblog) Rialto >> The Rialto Unified school board is scheduled to meet tonight. In closed session, prior to the public portion of the meeting beginning, the five-member board is scheduled to discuss the performance of interim superintendent Mohammad Z. Islam, according to the meeting agenda. Beau Yarbrough | 3 days ago Lawsuits Law students sue when bar exam software fails PORTLAND, Ore. >> Law students taking the bar exam have it tough: Three years hitting the books. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition. And all of it, potentially wasted with a few failed attempts at the dreaded state-administered test. So in late July, with one day of the grueling session behind them, thousands of law students were surprised to find that they couldn’t upload their answers using the software they purchased from Florida-based ExamSoft Worldwide... By Nigel Duara The Associated Press | 4 days ago Education Rialto Unified fiscal services director resigns RIALTO >> Another high-ranking Rialto Unified official has resigned from the district. Sharon Flores, senior director of fiscal services, and the one-time supervisor of accused embezzler Judith Oakes, will be taking a job in another district. “I accepted the position of assistant superintendent of business services with the Morongo Unified School District,” Flores said late Tuesday in an emailed statement. “I have enjoyed working in the Rialto Unified School... 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