SACRAMENTO — California may soon be the first state to implement academic standards for preschool English-language learners. The standards are part of the state’s Preschool Learning Foundations initiative that began in 2004. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell is expected to approve them in early 2008. Compliance would then be mandatory for any preschool receiving state funds.
SACRAMENTO — Christmas came early for California legislators in the form of pay raises that speak to a neglected aspect of California's government. That aspect is not low pay.
SACRAMENTO – New research from Johns Hopkins University reveals schools with annual graduation rates of only 60 percent. These "dropout factories" are common in California, where more than one in 10 high schools fits the description.
