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Setting the stage for ‘instability and revolt’: Annual Silicon Valley report sounds warning
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Region’s stark concentration of wealth has fueled deep social divides and contributed to a growth in homelessness.Careers
By 2050, 17% of the world’s population will be over 65. Policy changes need to start now.
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Two talented columnists tag-team every Friday to tackle the challenges that inform your choices — whether you’re pushing 17 or 70.California
California’s ‘weak’ job market propped up by public money as private sector sheds jobs
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With a 5.2% unemployment rate, the highest in the nation for the past four months, California is also losing high-wage jobs that help fund the state budget.Education
More California high school students want career training. How the state is helping
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More of the state’s high school students are enrolling in career pathway programs for skilled, high-wage jobs.California
Sharp divisions over how California’s aspiring teachers will learn how to teach reading
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Critics condemn the accreditation of a teacher preparation program they say ignores important new standards for teaching reading.California
Newsom offers a compromise to protect indoor workers from heat
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Revised standards may not become law in time for summer’s intensifying heat.California
California moves a step closer to eliminating one of the state’s last teacher assessments
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Proposed legislation passed the Senate Education Committee.California
California health workers may face rude awakening with $25 minimum wage law
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Some experts are skeptical, however, that the new law will have negative effects.Bay Area
