School districts with worst scores to take hit
SACRAMENTO >> Dozens of California school systems with some of the state’s worst test scores and biggest academic achievement gaps won’t get any extra help this year under a support...
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School districts reap millions on far-flung charters
SACRAMENTO >> Several small, cash-strapped California school districts are using a loophole in state law to boost their revenue by overseeing a raft of far-flung charter schools, according to a...
Education foes fight to a draw
SACRAMENTO >> The sun was already sinking below the horizon on the final night of the lawmaking year as nearly two dozen lobbyists stalked the Capitol’s brightly lit hallways, making...
Lawmakers try to ease teacher shortage
SACRAMENTO >> California’s students may be back in school, but in some places, there aren’t enough teachers there to greet them due to a statewide teacher shortage.The problem is especially...
California schools to confront taboo topic
In California and across the country, suicide is the second leading cause of death among teens—a grim reminder that many high school students’ primary barrier to adulthood is themselves.More young...
New dollars might not reach poor districts
SACRAMENTO >> It’s tough for California voters to say no to more money for school construction. They almost always approve state bond requests, and this month they passed a $9...
Gov. Brown vigorously defends Prop 57
SACRAMENTO >> In the mid-1970s, calls to get tough on crime swept the nation, and California began imposing strict penalties for crimes. The shift from a system of so-called indeterminate...
Gov. Brown signs final bills of session
SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown signed shuffled through hundreds of bills last week, including a flurry of activity Friday in which he signed several high profile measures.Perhaps the most notable...
Condemned inmates, victims’ families speak out
RED BLUFF >> Sitting on a couch at his home in this remote farm town last week, Charles Erbert thumbed through a well-worn Bible to find the passage that captures...
Gun control measure backed by wide margin of voters
SACRAMENTO >> A gun control initiative placed on the November ballot by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in the wake of several high-profile mass shootings is leading by a 2-to-1 ratio...
