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- 01-25-2010
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Editorial/The Desert Sun
Education is the key to prosperity. If the trend of reducing the amount California spends on schools continues, the state and Coachella Valley in particular are in for tough challenges. In another year when the Legislature is looking for budget cuts, we implore legislators to look elsewhere. It was disturbing to read November's report from the California Education Department that literacy rates in the Coachella Valley were below the state average — especially considering that from 1992 to 2003 California's below-basic literacy went from 15 percent to 23 percent. That's the highest in the United States. The national average has shown little change, hovering around 14 percent. (more...)
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