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10 Kern County schools named to 2024 California Distinguished Schools program
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Superintendent of Schools announced 10 Kern County...
California election updates: Prop. 1 passes, sports betting fails, incumbents win
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia is entering the final stage of its fourth major election in two years. And while recent...
How Public Schools Cherry-Pick Their Students
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Getty Images In May 2022, an Arizona mom named Karrie got a heartbreaking message from the local public school: Her son Brayden wouldn’t be...
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 70 years later: We're still failing children
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThis is a year of celebration. Seventy years ago this May the Supreme Court outlawed racial...
News Analysis: Supreme Court is emboldened, conservative and ready to push further right
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbortion rights advocates gather outside the Supreme Court on Friday to protest its decision to...
The Suburbs Made the War on Drugs in Their Own Image
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 1956, Jane Tompkins of Maplewood, New Jersey, waged her own war on drugs. Tompkins, who was then the state director of the New Jersey Commission on...
Column: Republicans attacking student loan relief as a taxpayer burden got their own degrees on...
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoRoyce Hall at UCLA, which was free for California students until 1970. A year's tuition and fees at...
Today in History: October 5, Earl Warren becomes chief justice
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoToday in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2023. There are 87 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 5, 1953, Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th chief ...
Henderson history: Harry Truman first sitting president to visit Henderson
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPresident Harry Truman was two hours late pulling into Union Station Sept. 30, 1948; that’s not bad...
How many McDonald’s All-American basketball players came from Texas? Here's a list
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoTexas is a football state, but it sure does produce a lot of hoopers. The 47th annual McDonald’s All-American basketball game was played in Houston on Tuesday. According to Max Preps, Texas ...