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How Talented Kids From Low-Income Families Become ‘Lost Einsteins’

January 24, 2018

Opinion by Alexander Bell, Harvard University John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Raj Chetty, Stanford University Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science Innovation i...

California Schools That Need Help Aren’t Getting It: Walters

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January 23, 2018

In his Jan. 21 CALmatters column, Dan Walters zeroes in on a troubling statistic uncovered via the dogged effort of his colleague Jessica Calefati, who covers education. Writing about the state's stumbling a...

Politics 101: Ashjian Pulls the ‘Political’ Card on Fresno State

David Taub

November 17, 2017

By Fresno State’s count, the university has 211 future teachers currently gaining field experience at Fresno Unified School District. If the district's teachers strike, however, the university will pull all ...

Walters: Politicians Could Be to Blame for Anemic Test Scores

Drew Phelps

October 6, 2017

On Oct. 1, Dan Walters took on the issue of California’s stagnant test scores among K-12 students. The newly-released batch of scores showed no movement from last year’s results; both English and Mathematics proficiency levels moved less than 1% from a year ag...

Ashjian Can Be His Own Worst Enemy. And a Student’s Best Friend

Bill McEwen

August 30, 2017

OPINION BY BILL MCEWEN Brooke Ashjian is not the simple attention seeking politician that some of his critics assume him to be. Rather, he's a complicated man largely shaped by a hard-scrabble upbringing...

Books and Bikes Pave Road to Summer Learning

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August 28, 2017

If Victoria Hernandez's teacher asks what she did this summer, the 9-year-old member of the East Fresno Boys & Girls Club should have no trouble answering. Victoria read 48 books from June through mid-Au...

Campus Leaders Speak on California Travel Ban

David Taub

August 22, 2017

Goldsmith, Castro Offer Different Takes on AB 1887 A state law enacted this year would prevent public institutions like Fresno State from using taxpayer money to travel to eight states that are perceived to have discriminatory laws against the LGBT community....

State Law Would Bar Castro’s Next Tennessee Trip

David Taub

July 13, 2017

AB 1887 forbids taxpayer-funded travel to states that are interpreted to have discriminatory laws against the LGBT community. But the real-world application of how the law works are yet to be fully known. Si...

Never Forget: Fresno Students Learn About The Shoah

David Taub

April 24, 2017

The Shoah. It is the Hebrew term to describe the Holocaust. It is a time to never forget the six million Jews and six million others who perished at the hands of the Nazis in World War II. At Fresno Hi...

Joseph Castro talks Chavez, Rate Hikes, Critics

David Taub

March 29, 2017

Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro spent a few minutes with GV Wire at today's garlanding ceremony for Cesar Chavez. We discussed what Chavez meant in his life, news of Fresno State's economic impact to the Valley, recent news of tuition hikes and even C...

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Therapy Bunny at SF Ballpark Brings Smiles, is Instant Hit

Jenner Adds Celebrity, Questions to California Governor Race

As State Attorney General Job Morphs Post-Trump, Who Will Be Newsom’s Pick?

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers ‘Afraid’ to Donate

Redemption Is Here for Autry's Film 'Victory By Submission'

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

How MrBeast Burgers Came to Fresno and Who Makes Them

Walters : California Sheriffs are Feeling the Heat

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

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Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

How Talented Kids From Low-Income Families Become ‘Lost Einsteins’

California Schools That Need Help Aren’t Getting It: Walters

Politics 101: Ashjian Pulls the ‘Political’ Card on Fresno State

Walters: Politicians Could Be to Blame for Anemic Test Scores

Ashjian Can Be His Own Worst Enemy. And a Student’s Best Friend

Books and Bikes Pave Road to Summer Learning

Campus Leaders Speak on California Travel Ban

State Law Would Bar Castro’s Next Tennessee Trip

Never Forget: Fresno Students Learn About The Shoah

Joseph Castro talks Chavez, Rate Hikes, Critics

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