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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

No, private schools aren't victims of reverse discrimination' and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major

Targeting students from elite private schools signals class bias and risks mistaking privilege-driven performance for genuine talent.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago
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California rolls out sweeping new laws for 2026, from cellphone limits in schools to a ban on cat declawing

California enacted nearly 800 bills in 2025 affecting health, education, legal claims, and policing, with many new laws taking effect on New Year's Day.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago
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California lawmakers pass bill to grant priority college admission for descendants of slavery

California bill would allow colleges to optionally give admission preference to applicants who can prove direct descent from people enslaved in America before 1900.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

California rolls out sweeping new laws for 2026, from cellphone limits in schools to a ban on cat declawing

California enacted nearly 800 bills in 2025 affecting health, education, legal claims, and policing, with many new laws taking effect on New Year's Day.
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fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Here's why some Calif. colleges place wildly different on various rankings lists

College rankings vary by methodology, shape public perceptions and admissions behavior, and face criticism for commercial influence and potentially misleading effects.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Newsom vetoes bill that would have granted priority college admission for descendants of slavery

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed public and private colleges to provide preferential admissions to applicants directly descended from individuals who were enslaved in the United States before 1900. The governor thanked the bill's author for his commitment to addressing disparities and urged educational institutions to review and determine "how, when, and if this type of preference can be adopted." "This bill clarifies, to the extent permitted by federal law, that California public and private postsecondary educational institutions may consider providing a preference in admissions to an applicant who is a descendant of slavery," Newsom wrote Monday in his veto. "These institutions already have the authority to determine whether to provide admissions preferences like this one, and accordingly, this bill is unnecessary."
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