USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency
President Donald Trump's effort to unilaterally wind down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has ...
15 American and Canadian downtowns that are bouncing back, and how they did it
Spokeo used data published in the Journal of Urban Studies to explore which cities across the U.S. and Canada have ...
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Mortality and hospitalizations fully attributable to alcohol use before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic period was associated with increased alcohol consumption. We sought to estimate excess ...
California bosses cut hours as wages soared
Amid that chaos, California’s average hourly wages rose 22% to a record $39. So, California’s average paycheck was a record ...
Opinion
Walters: California schools continue to struggle with test scores in reading and math
That’s the current term for phonics, which California’s education establishment has often resisted despite ample evidence that it improves kids’ ability to read. CalMatters is a public interest ...
Alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations spiked during the pandemic. Could policy have made a difference?
A new study suggests alcohol-related deaths increased by about 24 per cent in the first two years of the pandemic, while ...
Opinion Columnists
One of state’s starkest letdowns is consistently poor elementary and middle school test scores in basic educational skills ...
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CA School Test Scores Trail Those of States Newsom Considers Culturally Backward
California's education system faces persistent challenges in improving student performance in reading and math.
Walters: Money still hasn’t fixed California school performance failures
One of state’s starkest letdowns is consistently poor elementary and middle school test scores in basic educational skills ...
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California Wine Lovers Toast to Senate Bill Allowing Home Delivery Services
The Senate Committee on Public Policy approved a bill allowing wine dealers in California to deliver wine to customers, ...
Absenteeism remains high and Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.
In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are frequently absent ...