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Ryan Sabalow CalMatters In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just last month, police accused a suspect in...
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Ryan Sabalow CalMatters Tan solo en el último año, han ayudado a capturar a presuntos asesinos, atracadores de bancos y conductores que se dieron a la fuga tras un accidente . Han localizado decenas de coches robados y han contribuido a que un pirómano forestal fuera a prisión. Además, son objeto de desconfianza y desprecio...
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As the costs of wining and dining out continue to increase, home entertaining is enjoying a dramatic revival, evolving to become an art form or status symbol in its own right. The appeal of gathering in your own home is that a party is no longer just a party,...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling. Facing budget shortfalls and new...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Hace dos años, California alcanzó un hito que llevaba décadas gestándose: casi todos los habitantes del estado cumplían los requisitos para obtener un seguro médico, independientemente de su estatus migratorio e ingresos, lo que elevó la tasa de cobertura del estado a un récord del 95...
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Una gran cantidad de artículos recientes lamentan el colapso de la lectura por placer entre los jóvenes estadounidenses, y suelen señalar como causas la disminución de la lectura relacionada con la COVID-19, la inteligencia artificial y las redes sociales. Sin embargo, como autores de “Cómo descubre y consume libros...
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A trove of recent articles bemoan the collapse in recreational reading among younger Americans, with COVID-related reading declines, artificial intelligence and social media often described as causes. But as the authors of “How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books,” we think many claims about Gen Z’s reading behaviors miss the mark. Some long-standing, influential studies aren’t...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters No se trata exactamente del “milagro de Mississippi”, pero los resultados de lectura en California han ido mejorando gradualmente desde que el estado invirtió miles de millones en transformar la forma en que los estudiantes aprenden a leer. Sin embargo, la escasez de tutores de alfabetización...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters It’s not quite the “Mississippi Miracle,” but California’s reading scores have been inching upwards since the state poured billions into changing the way students learn to read. A shortage of literacy coaches, however, may be preventing students from improving even more. In 2013, before California overhauled its...