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by SAM DILLON CHICAGO — It was the morning after the presidential election, and Matthew Melmed, executive director of Zero to Three, a national organization devoted to early childhood education, could barely contain his exultation. Mr. Melmed fired off an e-mail message to his board…

Original Source Seven middle schools in Oakland's neediest areas will receive $15 million for an initiative to give students the extra help they need to graduate from high school and lead healthy lives, The Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation, announced Monday. The grant will allow…

By Louis Freedberg.  Two of the state’s largest districts are undergoing a major expansion of health centers on school campuses after promised help from Sacramento never came.To build new facilities, Oakland and Los Angeles are tapping a combination of voter-approved bond money, fees from Medi-Cal…