California failing its youngest and poorest children
OAKLAND >> California is failing to get most of its youngest residents off to a healthy, productive start, according to a report released Thursday, and is particularly falling short in...
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State teachers don’t make the grade
WASHINGTON >> California ranks below 31 other public-school systems and earns just a D-plus in ensuring teacher quality, according to a new report aimed at spurring states to improve teacher...
Only 30% of state’s ninth-graders will graduate from college
BERKELEY >> Although more than 90 percent of the nation’s ninth graders expect to graduate from college, a report released Monday estimates that only 30 percent of California’s high school...
How Bay Area family reclaimed its family’s priceless, historical Bibles
SAN JOSE >> The brochure advertising Masuo Kitaji’s two family Bibles — hand illustrated, annotated and supplemented with Japanese transcription, done mostly during his World War II internment — highlighted...
California fines charter school chain $2 million
In long-awaited results of a one and a half year investigation, California’s finance and education chiefs on Monday issued a critical audit of the online charter-school chain California Virtual Academies,...
School test scores flatlining around state
Breaking with its steadily upward trend, California’s annual test scores have stagnated, with fewer than half of students proficient in math and English, and a wide ethnic achievement gap persisting.State...
Bill ordering 8:30 or later start times died in Assembly
SACRAMENTO >> A push to improve teens’ mental and physical health by ordering later start times for secondary schools died in the legislative rush Thursday, frustrating parents concerned about child...
Community colleges offer crisis text line to students
A crisis text line that will allow students to text for free, confidential help has been established for students of California’s 113 community colleges.To receive text-based support from trained counselors,...
Full-time enrollment boosts success at community college
Students enrolled full-time during their first term of community college are more likely to continue their studies and to earn an associate degree than are their peers who enroll part-time,...
How teachers are helping kids sort it out
LOS ALTOS >> Kayleigh Peterson and her classmates at Los Altos High think they can tell real from fake news. There are the plethora of ads, random pop-up boxes, misspelled...
