DAILY NEWS WINS AWARD FOR 1995 EDUCATION STORIES.Byline: Daily News The Daily News has won a top award for education coverage in the California Teachers Association's annual John Swett Awards competition. The newspaper was honored for the best continuous coverage of education during 1995 by a paper with more than 100,000 circulation. The stories were written primarily by Daily News education writer Kimberly Kindy, who a year ago won two Swett Awards for individual news and feature stories about education. The Daily News coverage in 1995 focused on ``not just the bureaucracy, but the human side'' of education, said Catherine Carey, a spokeswoman for United Teachers-Los Angeles and one of those who nominated the paper for the award. ``The (Daily News) coverage shows the whole spectrum of what goes on in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. on a daily basis, as well as larger issues like the breakup proposal and LEARN reforms,'' Carey said. Other Swett Award winners for 1995 in the over 100,000 circulation category are Venise Wagner of the San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. for best individual story; John Hubner of the San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). for best feature story; the Long Beach Press-Telegram The Long Beach Press-Telegram is a major daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Tracing its history to 1897, it is currently published by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. External links
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