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UCLA professor on new report showing low marks for California education

UCLA researchers released a new report today that indicates California is near the bottom of all states in measures of public school education. The report says one third of ninth graders fail to graduate high school on time. It also...
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HEALTH MATTERS: Education of RNs ramped up to meet future demand

By 2020 it is projected that California will be short 116,000 registered nurses. Not enough nurses are being educated within the state, and there are not enough faculty members to teach them. Members of both groups are expected to start...

THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS; Obama puts spotlight on education deficit ; He wants U.S. to have highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.

President Obama on Tuesday laid out a series of challenges for the nation to meet in job training and college attainment, part of an effort to give every child a "complete and competitive education."The president, in his first address to...