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State aims to test students’ critical thinking

By Christina Hoag LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s students may be filling in fewer bubbles on multiple-choice standardized tests in the future and writing longer answers instead. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson unveiled a set of proposals Tuesday to rewrite the state’s battery of standardized tests that students take every spring to measure achievement […]

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Bob Dunning: A car-sharing business in which the cars are shared

ZIPPING ALONG … now that Avis has gobbled up Zipcar – city of Davis contract and all – some folks are searching for other ways to “share” their cars … Daniel writes to ask if I’ve heard of “RelayRides,” which he says is exactly what Zipcar should have been all along … “Car owners list […]

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Train hits car; driver arrested on suspicion of DUI

A Sacramento man was arrested on drunken-driving charges Sunday after his car became lodged on railroad tracks east of Davis and was struck by a train, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday. At about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a train traveling on the Union Pacific Railroad lines hit the Nissan Altima that was disabled on the […]

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News sources: Moroski headed to College of Idaho

UC Davis assistant football coach Mike Moroski was set to be announced as the new head football coach for the College of Idaho at 11 a.m. today, according to multiple Idaho news agencies. The 1979 UCD graduate has been on staff since 1988 with former head coach Bob Biggs, who retired after the 2012 season. […]

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