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There’s no good way to know how CA’s alternative schools are working
Thousands of low-income students flood schools designed for the most vulnerable students, but no one is keeping track of what happens to them. Hechinger Report

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LBUSD teachers call for pay hikes, class-size reductions
The teachers’ contract in Long Beach Unified set to expire at month’s end. Long Beach Press-Telegram

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Children get extra semester before kindergarten with midyear classes
The Los Angeles Unified School District looked at the concept when the board voted last week to drastically expand its transitional kindergarten program. Ed Source

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Report: Low-income communities lack child care in LA County
Families encounter a big disparity in access to licensed child care spaces depending on where they live in Los Angeles County. Ed Source

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Senate passes vaccine bill on second vote; now heads to Gov. Brown
The controversial bill would give California one of the country’s strictest vaccination laws. San Jose Mercury News

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7 solutions that would improve graduation rates
This month we reported the findings from our nationwide investigation into the forces driving the nation’s rising high school graduation rate. NPR