Hundreds of campuses are slated to become community schools over the next five years; Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration urges more funding to meet the demand.
The arts can be a safe haven for California schoolchildren to face big emotions and to channel fears and frustrations into acts of creativity, experts say.
UC board that sets high school admissions requirements rejects draft ethnic studies guidelines viewed as ideological and divisive; drafters vow to fight on.