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California literacy rate tumbles, symptom of state's education ills?
- 01-11-2010
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By Dan Aiello/California Progress Report
On the same day a coalition of more than a half dozen organizations representing California teachers from elementary to university faculty held a press conference to address the financial crisis now gripping "California’s crumbling education system," the results of a national report on literacy - conducted annually by Central Connecticut State University - were announced, offering some disturbing news to Californians about the state's declining literacy levels last year, while presenting a measurable symptom of more than eight years of cuts to the state's education budgets. Even California's total number of cities included in the literacy study, more than any other state, failed to garner even a single spot among the nation's "Top Ten Most Literate Cities." (more...)
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