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Failing Program

No Child Left Behind  is struggling, according to major study.

Wheelchair Hoops

Many able-bodied students sign up for Cal class.

Real World Crisis

Country's financial woes turned into lessons for students.


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Freeing nonviolent lifers drives Stanford group

The first time I met Mark, I did not know what to expect. In 1997, a judge decided Mark would never...

Assembly Dems: Borrow cash to save welfare

Assembly Dems: Borrow cash to save welfare

Assembly Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to fully fund education and save welfare and government...



Teachers, district remain at stalemate over pay

Oakland teachers walked away from the bargaining table this week, leaving little hope that they could broker a deal with the district...

Chronicle 5.26.10 4:00 AM

Voters face tough choice: pay up or shutdown

Alameda voters embark today on a monthlong, mail-only election to decide whether taxes will be raised to support public schools. Both...

Chronicle 5.25.10 4:00 AM

San Francisco Ballet School Student Showcase

The San Francisco Ballet School Student Showcase this week is not your run-of-the-mill recital - it's a chance to scout star dancers...

Chronicle 5.23.10 4:00 AM

Program helps ex-foster youth navigate college

Sokhom Mao will do something today that few like him ever do: He'll graduate from college. Little about Mao appears unusual, except...

Chronicle 5.22.10 4:00 AM

Schools, students sue state over funding

More than 60 children and nine school districts across California filed a historic lawsuit Thursday, arguing that elected officials...

Chronicle 5.21.10 4:00 AM

ScholarMatch.org offers aid to needy students

The 80 or so stories that students posted on a new San Francisco-based Web site are for the most part deeply personal, summing up...

Chronicle 5.21.10 4:00 AM

Sacrificing educated workforce won't help

In 1790, President George Washington proposed to Congress the establishment of a national university. "Knowledge is, in every country...

Chronicle 5.21.10 4:00 AM

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