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Los puntajes de las pruebas estandarizadas y las tasas de graduación de los estudiantes afroamericanos han estado muy por detrás de los de sus compañeros blancos y asiáticos. Durante décadas, los educadores y los legisladores han tratado de cerrar esa brecha de rendimiento, y una propuesta de financiamiento escolar en...
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Joe Hong CalMatters Black students’ standardized test scores and graduation rates have long trailed those of their white and Asian peers. For decades, educators and legislators have tried to close that achievement gap, and a school funding proposal in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget illustrates just how difficult it is...
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First-time buyers often rely on family gifts to afford the down payments on their homes. Now California Legislators want the government to fill the role of generous relative. Lawmakers are proposing creating a billion-dollar fund in this year’s state budget that would provide California’s first-time buyers either all of...
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The pandemic changed the way we vote in California, and some reforms made voting patterns more equitable, while others did not, according to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California. The decision to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters narrowed the gap between groups often turning out...
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Asian Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API Equity Budget, a three-year $156 million initiative which seeks to equip the AAPI community with resources to combat hate crimes. “This is historic and unprecedented. It is the outcome of many community-based organizations who rallied to get this support...
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Jenny Manrique Ethnic Media Services Incendios forestales cada vez más grandes, olas de calor más frecuentes, veranos más tempranos, sequías más intensas y mares más cálidos. El acelerado cambio climático complica cada vez más la vida de los estadounidenses y los expertos advierten que la mejor manera de abordarlo...
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Bigger wildfires, more frequent heat waves, longer summers, more intense droughts, and warmer seas. Climate change is speeding up, making life harder for Americans, reports the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Experts warn that the best way to address it is not only from scientific models but with policies focused...
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Elva Yañez California Health Report As I’ve listened to the debate about Proposition 15, the Schools and Communities First ballot initiative, I’ve been surprised that so little of the conversation has focused on the impact the proposition could have on Californians’ health. Our state is experiencing a devastating pandemic...
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Elva Yáñez California Health Report Mientras escuchaba el debate sobre la Propuesta 15, la iniciativa de las escuelas y las comunidades en primer lugar me ha sorprendido que tan poco de la conversación se haya centrado en el impacto que la propuesta podría tener en la salud de los...