The state of California on Thursday agreed to settle a years-long, high-profile lawsuit that accused the state of depriving low-income students of color of their constitutional right to a basic education — by failing to teach them reading skills. Under an agreement reached with plaintiffs in the complaint, Ella T. v....
Shields Family Gives $500K to Help Low-Income Students Study Abroad
By BoNhia Lee fresnostatenews.com Elizabeth “Liz” Shields, and her late husband, John, loved to travel the world to meet people and see places that showed them what life was like in other parts of the globe. The couple met in Botswana after the southern African country received its independence in...