SCU struggles with diversity, San
Jose Mercury News
What started as an issue of office space for a student group has sparked
an online debate about the role of race and diversity at Santa Clara
University.
Stanford board votes for tuition increase, San
Francisco Chronicle
Stanford University's board of trustees has approved a 4.5 percent increase
in undergraduate tuition for next fall, pushing the cost of education
there from the current $28,564 a year to $29,847.
Stricter grad rules urged, Sacramento Bee
All students should take rigorous high school classes, says state education
chief.
2-year colleges cranking out workers, Sacramento Bee
Campuses are doing the job on modest budgets.
Preschool System's OK Likely, Los Angeles Times
L.A. County will use tobacco taxes to build one of the nation's most
ambitious programs.
Textbook Company to Lower Prices, Los Angeles Times
Two weeks after a California student activist group accused college
textbook publishers of inflating prices, one of the biggest companies
in the industry said Wednesday it would introduce a new line of books
to reduce costs by at least 25%.
Union won't resist 'dream' plan, San Francisco
Chronicle
The San Francisco's teachers union said Wednesday it would go along
with a plan to make staff members at three Bayview neighborhood schools
reapply for their jobs as part of the district's attempt to overhaul
the low- performing schools.
High school students are called ill-prepared,
Contra Costa Times
Saying California has failed to educate some high school students as
well as it can, state schools chief Jack O'Connell called Wednesday
for "tough, roll-up-our-sleeves measures" to combat low student
achievement in high schools.
