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5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

American education is full of innovators practicing alternatives to the mainstream. Now, some of those alternatives are proving their mettle.

The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education building is shown in this photo, Sept. 15, 2017.

San Diego Unified Sees Grad Rate Dip After State Changes Methodology

California released its latest graduation numbers Thursday, and they look a bit different after a federal audit forced changes.

POV: Still Tomorrow

Airs Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS on KPBS TV

For some older college students, studying later in life has its advantages: They have skills and tools that could only have come with age and maturity. (Clockwise from top left: Santa Benavidez Ramirez, Liz Bracken, Taryn Jim, Matt Seo, Sakeenah Shakir, Jarrell Harris)

'I Need A Degree In Order To Move Forward': Why Some Adults Choose College

About 7.6 million adults 25 and over attended college in 2018. Among them are a mother of four, a Navy vet and a grandmother finishing what she started more than four decades ago.

A cart loaded with fresh vegetables, eggs, and milk at the Downey food bank is pictured in this undated photo.

Despite A Growing Latino Middle Class, California Families Face Hurdles Getting There

Despite rising incomes and lower poverty rate for Latinos, many California families struggle

Sara Mohsin, 12, and Muslim Mohsin, 3, at her fifth grade graduation.<strong> </strong>

'They Took My Heart With Them': Yemeni Parents Stranded By Trump's Travel Ban

A year ago Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries. It has had life-altering implications for many families.

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2020 Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is an archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

Soul Searching After A 16-Year-Old's Suicide

She was the first in her family to make it to 10th grade. When she saw her final exam grades, she was upset. Her death is a tragic reminder of the pressures teenage girls face in India.

The Geisel Library is seen from the UC San Diego campus in this undated photo.

New School Year Comes With Stiffer Penalties For Foreign Scholars Who Overstay Visas

The 2017 executive order that led to expanded immigration enforcement also called for immigration officials to clamp down on international scholars who overstay their visas. Those policies go into effect Thursday and could impact thousands of international students and faculty at San Diego universities.

In this Friday, March 1, 2019 photo, Normita Lim poses for a photograph at her home in Concord, Calif. Lim did not receive back pay from her former employer, Publico, who paid her $2 an hour. Residential senior care homes are treating workers as indentured servants – and profiting handsomely. The profit margins can be huge and, for violators of labor laws, hinge on the widespread exploitation of thousands of caretakers, many of them poor immigrants effectively earning $2 to $3.50 an hour to work around the clock.

Elder Care Homes Rake In Profits As Workers Earn A Pittance

She alights from a black Ferrari convertible, her Christian Louboutin stilettos glinting in the sunlight. The lid of her black lacquer grand piano is propped open in the living room of her plush Beverly Hills home.

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