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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters The University of California will still evaluate the role of the SAT in undergraduate admissions, despite media reports indicating that the revered public university system suspended those deliberations. The confusion comes at a time when a growing chorus of professors and media commentators are pushing the...
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California tiene el sistema escolar más segregado de los Estados Unidos continentales. Un informe del Proyecto de Derechos Civiles de la UCLA, publicado el otoño pasado, reveló que la proporción de escuelas “intensamente segregadas” —aquellas con más del 90 % de estudiantes de color— se ha cuadruplicado en las últimas tres...
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California has the most segregated school system in the continental United States. A UCLA Civil Rights Project report last fall found the share of “intensely segregated” schools — those with more than 90% students of color — has quadrupled in the last three decades. The gap shows up in college. Students...
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Todos los californianos tienen un papel que desempeñar en la prevención de incendios forestales, y los expertos ofrecen algunos consejos sobre cómo evitar provocar un incendio de forma accidental. El gobernador Gavin Newsom lanzó esta semana la campaña “One Less Spark”. Brent Pascua, jefe de batallón de Cal Fire,...
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La semana pasada, en el campamento YMCA Camp Surf de Imperial Beach, un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria pasó la mañana patinando, escalando una torre de escalada y practicando tiro con arco y flecha. Luego, al mediodía, los campistas subieron a un autobús para un viaje de 40 minutos...
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At YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach last week, a group of middle schoolers spent their morning skateboarding, scaling a climbing tower and practicing archery. Then at noon, campers boarded a bus for a 40-minute drive up the coast to Mission Beach, where they jumped in the waves for...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters La empresa privada de detención de inmigrantes GEO Group ha llegado a un acuerdo en un caso histórico sobre las condiciones en uno de sus centros de detención en el Valle Central. La empresa acordó pagar más de 100,000 dólares por las acusaciones de que no...
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Immigrant detainees work for $1 a day inside a Geo Group facility in the San Joaquin Valley. The company settled a state complaint over conditions inside. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news...
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Juvenile justice groups are pressing California lawmakers to allow parole consideration after 25 years for some people who were sentenced to life without parole for crimes committed as young adults. Under current law, people who committed serious crimes before age 18 can petition the state’s parole board after serving...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters The University of California will still evaluate the role of the SAT in undergraduate admissions, despite media reports indicating that the revered public university system suspended those deliberations. The confusion comes at a time when a growing chorus of professors and media commentators are pushing the...
California tiene el sistema escolar más segregado de los Estados Unidos continentales. Un informe del Proyecto de Derechos Civiles de la UCLA, publicado el otoño pasado, reveló que la proporción de escuelas “intensamente segregadas” —aquellas con más del 90 % de estudiantes de color— se ha cuadruplicado en las últimas tres...
California has the most segregated school system in the continental United States. A UCLA Civil Rights Project report last fall found the share of “intensely segregated” schools — those with more than 90% students of color — has quadrupled in the last three decades. The gap shows up in college. Students...
Todos los californianos tienen un papel que desempeñar en la prevención de incendios forestales, y los expertos ofrecen algunos consejos sobre cómo evitar provocar un incendio de forma accidental. El gobernador Gavin Newsom lanzó esta semana la campaña “One Less Spark”. Brent Pascua, jefe de batallón de Cal Fire,...
La semana pasada, en el campamento YMCA Camp Surf de Imperial Beach, un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria pasó la mañana patinando, escalando una torre de escalada y practicando tiro con arco y flecha. Luego, al mediodía, los campistas subieron a un autobús para un viaje de 40 minutos...
At YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach last week, a group of middle schoolers spent their morning skateboarding, scaling a climbing tower and practicing archery. Then at noon, campers boarded a bus for a 40-minute drive up the coast to Mission Beach, where they jumped in the waves for...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters La empresa privada de detención de inmigrantes GEO Group ha llegado a un acuerdo en un caso histórico sobre las condiciones en uno de sus centros de detención en el Valle Central. La empresa acordó pagar más de 100,000 dólares por las acusaciones de que no...
Immigrant detainees work for $1 a day inside a Geo Group facility in the San Joaquin Valley. The company settled a state complaint over conditions inside. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news...
Juvenile justice groups are pressing California lawmakers to allow parole consideration after 25 years for some people who were sentenced to life without parole for crimes committed as young adults. Under current law, people who committed serious crimes before age 18 can petition the state’s parole board after serving...