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A big data system for public education?

by Dan Walters January 18, 2021January 14, 2021

Having failed so many times to effectively use technology in state government, should California try again with a school data system?

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California’s technology woes deepen

by Dan Walters January 13, 2021January 12, 2021

California's Pension Crisis

Court bans “abusive” spiking, but sticks with pension protections

by Ben Christopher July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

California's Pension Crisis, Politics

Round 2 of pension reform kicks off before California Supreme Court

by Ben Christopher May 5, 2020June 23, 2020

women corporate boards

How California’s ‘woman quota’ is already changing corporate boards

by Martha Groves December 16, 2019December 19, 2019

President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr

Why California’s top court just struck down the state’s Trump tax return law

by Ben Christopher November 21, 2019November 21, 2019

Carol Pancho reads to her first grade class at Sequoia Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Pancho is retiring at the end of the school year after 37 years of teaching. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group

As California spends billions on high-needs students, calls grow for more oversight

by Ricardo Cano November 5, 2019November 6, 2019