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High School
Later start times present new challenges for school leaders
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A new law mandates later start times for secondary students in California.Bay Area
University of California faces calls to reduce barriers for transfer students
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Critics want guaranteed admissions for transfers improved. A new statewide panel on transfer issues is set to convene.Bay Area
With financial aid as an incentive, state to begin recruiting 10,000 more school counselors
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Even before the COVID pandemic, there was a shortage of counselors, especially in rural schools and those serving Latino and Black students.Bay Area
Database will track efforts to ban teaching about racism in schools
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The Critical Race Forward Tracking Project is the first project in the United States to identify and analyze these efforts.Elections
Hope, frustration and hard lessons as youth try to lower voting age for school board
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The Alameda County registrar has yet to implement two youth voting measures that passed by wide margins in 2020.Oakland
Oakland, with among lowest ratio of fully prepared, rightly assigned teachers, has a strategy to address teacher churn
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The district wants to recruit teaching candidates from within the community but cost of living could be a barrier.Bay Area
New batch of CSU records shows professors disciplined for sexual harassment
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Records show students suffered sexual advances from faculty. Some professors were suspended or fired while others resigned or retired.Bay Area
California could paint a clearer picture of English learner achievement if new bill passes
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The bill would require the state to separate test scores in English language arts, math and science for subgroups of English learners.Bay Area
