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California Schools Face Twin Perils: Chronic Absenteeism and Declining Enrollment

California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in natio...

California Schools Face Twin Perils: Chronic Absenteeism and Declining Enrollment

California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in natio...

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California’s Economic Recovery Lags Other States. This Is Why It’s So Sluggish.

California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious disti...

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