Students are benefiting from a decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance.'
The plan is that the $2.7 billion program will be fully implemented by 2025-26.
Newsom proposed a budget completely eliminating essential increases in funding for housing and services.
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Workers are exceptionally hard to unionize, due to high turnover rates and geographic spread.
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As homelessness rises, the Wiyot are ensuring youth have "a place to call home."
Personal experiences in the juvenile justice system shapes their advocacy of justice reform.
“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster.”
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Will it close the educational achievement disparities between poor and comparatively well-off children?
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“Why are we still pepper spraying other people's kids?" one juvenile justice advocate asked.
With teachers marching in solidarity, the workers are demanding better wages and increased staffing.
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Uvalde families pleaded with new urgency for tougher gun laws after California mass shootings.
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The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
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