Contra Costa County schools must improve student achievement
Mt. Diablo, West Contra Costa leaders plan to review all campuses, but tout progress at some
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Report: Obama to tap Bay Area's Janet Yellen to be Fed vice chair
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, an administration official said today.
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Mother accused of suffocating 2-year-old daughter charged with murder
OAKLAND — The young mother accused in the suffocation death of her 2-year-old daughter has been officially charged with murder by the Alameda County District Attorney's office and is being held without bail, authorities said this morning.
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Two Hayward schools escape drastic interventions
But Tennyson High School, two of the city's elementary schools remain on the state's "persistently lowest-achieving schools" list. So did five middle schools from Oakland and an elementary school in the San Lorenzo district.
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More California youths applying to out-of-state universities, say admission officers
At a time when lack of state funding has caused the University of California and California State University to reduce enrollment and cut classes, schools in Washington, Oregon, Arizona and elsewhere say they are seeing a jump in Golden State applications.
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