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                    [Title] => Fil-Latino boy shines in calculus
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A teenage Filipino-Salvadoran made the headlines after answering all the questions in a three-hour, 15-minute Advanced Placement calculus exam correctly – making him one of only 12 in the world to do so.

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Last Jan. 30, the South China Morning Post published an article on the ongoing “ideological campaign” of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi wants schools to stop using imported textbooks and teachers to stop teaching anything but the “political, legal and moral bottom line.” That means, as Education Minister Yuan Guiren spelled it out in a gathering on Jan. 29, Chinese students should study only Marxism and Chinese socialism.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 839252 [Title] => Young immigrants may find college elusive [Summary] =>

Araceli Cortes had made up her mind: After being brought to the U.S. as a child, graduating from high school and attending some college in California, she was going to return to Mexico to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-17 17:26:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 644151 [Title] => Balitang Vancouver [Summary] =>

Vancouver was named the Cultural Capital of Canada for 2011 and it coincides with the city’s 125th anniversary celebration. Vancouver was first designated a cultural capital in 2003.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 503364 [Title] => Obama tells students each has something to offer [Summary] =>

In a pep talk that kept clear of politics, President Barack Obama on yesterday challenged the nation's students to take pride and ownership in their education — and stick with it even if they don't like every class or must overcome tough circumstances at home.

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Not much else seems to be helping keep down college costs, so maybe this will: a three-year college degree.

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