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Achievement gap persists as test scores rise, one pesticide gets banned and one doesn’t

by Dan Morain and Judy Lin October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Achievement gap persists in California schools. A widely used pesticide is banned, while another remains. Camp Fire cleanup nears completion.

CAASP testing From the foreground left, ideally Tamayo, 10, and Celeste Salcedo, 10, complete Smarter Balanced practice tests on Acer Chromebooks during Kiki Korakis's 4th grade class at Robert Sanders Elementary School in San Jose, Calif. on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

California kids’ test scores again rise by inches as achievement gap yawns

by Ricardo Cano October 9, 2019October 11, 2019

An eighth-grade language arts and history class at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado Middle School, a charter school in San Jose’s Alum Rock neighborhood, in 2013. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)

New California School Dashboard paints a colorful picture—in which one in three school districts needs help

by Ricardo Cano December 6, 2018June 23, 2020

Cox, Newsom, Rohrabacher, Russia and CA tests

by Dan Morain October 9, 2018July 8, 2019