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Univ. of Calif. Devotes $5M to Help Undoc. Students
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of California President Janet Napolitano said Wednesday she is devoting $5 million to provide special counseling and financial aid for students living in the U.S....
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What’s Next? Issues After Court Ruling on Calif. Tenure Loss
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After a two-month trial and another two months of deliberating, a California judge on Tuesday found that a handful of laws governing the hiring and firing of the state’s teachers...
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Court Overturns L.A. Law Banning Living in Parked Cars
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a 31-year-old Los Angeles law that bars people from living in parked vehicles, saying the vaguely written statute discriminates...
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If We Love Kids so Much, Why Are 1 in 30 Homeless?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of homeless children in the U.S. has surged in recent years to an all-time high, amounting to one child in every 30, according to a comprehensive state-by-state report...
View ArticleDeaths of Black Men Launch New Era of Protest Songs
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Stop. Hey, what’s that sound? Protest songs are taking their place alongside chants of “I can’t breathe” and “Hands up, don’t shoot” as demonstrators raise their voices to...
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A $15 Hourly Wage Progresses in California and New York
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the country Wednesday, with New York embracing an eventual $15 an hour for the state’s 200,000 fast-food...
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Subsidized Housing for Teachers Considered in Expensive Cities
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As the days get shorter, first grade teacher Esmeralda Jiménez watches the dimming afternoon sky outside her classroom window the way her pupils watch the clock at dismissal time....
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LGBT Youth Wears Pride Shirt and Wins Free Speech Case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A central California school district settled a free speech lawsuit brought by a high school junior who was sent home for refusing to change out of a T-shirt that read, “Nobody...
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Vocational Education Returns as Way to Engage Students
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — There was an emergency in Room 14. Three girls injured, one with a broken thighbone and maybe something more serious. Snapping on sterile gloves and kneeling before the...
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