Analysis

When Will ‘All Means All’ Happen at Starr Elementary?

March 22, 2019

"All means all" is a slogan Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson often uses to describe inclusion efforts at California's fourth-largest school district. However, past and present trustees and parents argue that the district is not living up to the mott...

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How To Fix FUSD Bus Driver Shortage? Make It Full-Time Job.

Myles Barker

March 20, 2019

School bus driver shortages are a nationwide problem, prompting school districts to cancel routes and causing students to arrive late to school. Fresno Unified, the fourth-largest school district in Californ...

How’s the Economy? Count the Cranes to Find Out.

New York Times

March 20, 2019

By C.J. Hughes To determine the health of the economy, you could scrutinize the minutes of Federal Reserve meetings, pore over the latest economic data and scour trade publications. Or you could simply look ...

‘Common Sense Regulations’ or ‘an Extended Middle Finger’? How Far Will California Go on Charter Schools?

CALmatters

March 18, 2019

With new fast-tracked transparency rules for charter schools in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has fulfilled a January pledge to bring “long overdue” accountability measures to this growing sector of public schools. Ricardo Cano Analysis CALmatters ...

Two Years of Free Community College? It’s in the Hopper.

Myles Barker

March 15, 2019

Two years of free community college may soon become a reality for 2.1 million students in California through Assembly Bill 2. The measure is a more aggressive version of 2017's Assembly Bill 19, or the Calif...

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Being a Teen Mom Isn’t the End of the World

Myles Barker

March 14, 2019

The Central Valley Teen Parent Conference was designed to support students like Paula Sanchez. Sanchez was pregnant with her daughter at 17 years old. Three months later, her mom passed away. "It was very...

African American Task Force Strives To Close FUSD Achievement Gap

Myles Barker

March 13, 2019

After attending high schools in Fresno Unified and Clovis Unified, Adonai Howard noticed stark differences. "I feel like I learned more my freshman year at Clovis High School than I did the three years I was at Bullard High School," Howard said. "The social...

Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Set U.S. Record

New York Times

March 12, 2019

By Adeel Hassan The number of deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide in 2017 hit the highest level since the collection of federal mortality data started in 1999, according to an analysis by two public heal...

Capitalism Versus the Democratic Party

New York Times

March 11, 2019

John Hickenlooper ought to be a poster child for American capitalism. After being laid off from his job as a geologist during the oil bust of the 1980s, he and his business partners turned an empty warehouse in...

Black Teachers Provide Big Boost to African American Students

Myles Barker

March 11, 2019

There has long been an academic achievement gap between white and black students. Historically, black students have graduated from colleges and universities at lower rates than their white peers. California, which is home to the fifth-largest black populati...

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When Will ‘All Means All’ Happen at Starr Elementary?

How To Fix FUSD Bus Driver Shortage? Make It Full-Time Job.

How’s the Economy? Count the Cranes to Find Out.

‘Common Sense Regulations’ or ‘an Extended Middle Finger’? How Far Will California Go on Charter Schools?

Two Years of Free Community College? It’s in the Hopper.

Being a Teen Mom Isn’t the End of the World

African American Task Force Strives To Close FUSD Achievement Gap

Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Set U.S. Record

Capitalism Versus the Democratic Party

Black Teachers Provide Big Boost to African American Students