State & Regional Education
Fracking fuels water fights in nation's dry spots
The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface. Hydraulic fracturing, or the drilling technique commonly known as fracking, has been used for decades to blast huge volumes ...
Woman shot during Santa Monica rampage dies, raising death toll to 5
A woman who was critically wounded in last week's Santa Monica shooting rampage died Sunday, bringing the total number of victims killed by the gunman to five. Marcela Franco, 26, died of her injuries at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to Santa Monica College spokeswoman Tricia Ramos. Franco had ...
Occupy the Farm continues on UC property in Albany
A group of Occupy Protesters were camping out on a disputed piece of farmland, owned by UC Berkeley, Sunday after taking it over the night before. Activists from Occupy the Farm took over a plot of land in Albany known as the Gill Tract Sunday. The tract is owned by ...
UC, rights group agree to aid students with issues reading print
A disability rights group and the University of California at Berkeley Tuesday announced a pact to improve access to course materials for students who have difficulty reading printed publications. The university and Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates said they reached the agreement in a collaborative approach, after a year of negotiations ...
Elderly Davis couple found slain at home
Police in Davis are looking for leads in the stabbing deaths of a longtime attorney and his wife. Davis police Lt. Paul Doroshov says police discovered the bodies of 87-year-old Oliver Northup and his wife, 76-year-old Claudia Maupin, at their home on Sunday night. Police had gone there after family ...
Bill would boost private-college Cal Grant awards
Students at some private colleges and trade schools could receive more state grant money under one of several financial-aid measures that passed a legislative committee Tuesday. The Assembly Higher Education Committee approved a bill to restore the maximum Cal Grant award to $9,708. The amounts students could receive from the ...
PRESS RELEASE: State schools chief announces continued Improvement in state's high school graduation rate
Graduation rates among California's public school students are climbing and dropout rates are falling, with the biggest gains being made among African-American and Hispanic students, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today. Overall, nearly eight out of 10 students, or 78.5 percent, who started high school in 2008-09 ...
Teachers union now backs bill to ease firing
California's largest teachers union is backing a measure that would make it easier to discipline and fire teachers accused of misconduct after successfully fighting a similar proposal last year. Lawmakers this week will take up AB375 by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, which would speed up the appeals process after a ...
APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.
UC Regents committee launches search for new president
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed a special committee to recruit a replacement for UC President Mark Yudof, who plans to retire in August. The committee, chaired by board Chairman Sherry Lansing, met for the first time on Tuesday with Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, ...
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