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Graduation rates improve, a dicey Sanders endorsement, new evidence of growing divide

by Judy Lin December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Graduation rates rise, but progress is uneven. Sanders defies party establishment with endorsement. Local GDP data shows growing inequality.

San Jose State University senior Jaelyn Deas, 22, is a recipient of the Spartan Completion Grant and plans to graduate in December in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, July 25, 2019. When Deas discovered that the grant would cover her summer school registration fees she said it felt like Christmas morning. Photo by Alison Yin for the Hechinger Report

Can California save higher education?

by Jon Marcus and Felicia Mello December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Teachers unions and charter school advocates are battling for the future of California's classrooms.

Schools, illiteracy and poverty

by Dan Morain July 30, 2018

Photo illustration by Robbie Short for CALmatters

Is Jerry Brown’s Chipotle model the right recipe for California universities?

by Felicia Mello June 12, 2018June 23, 2020