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Non-Profit Org Causes Radical Transformation for Individuals in Prison

Posted by Benjamin Frandsen
|Date: June 06, 2023
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Non-Profit Org Causes Radical Transformation for Individuals in Prison

By Benjamin Frandsen CALIFORNIA—At the age of 16, Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in an a ...

By Benjamin Frandsen CALIFORNIA—At the age of 16, Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in an adult state penitentiary. While in solitary confinement, this bright young man whose brief foray ...

June 06, 2023
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Illegal Book Bans: Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, State Superintendent Thurmond Warn Against Book Bans Statewide

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 03, 2023
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Illegal Book Bans: Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, State Superintendent Thurmond Warn Against Book Bans Statewide

By Leslie Garcia SACRAMENTO, CA - California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter along with State Superinte ...

By Leslie Garcia SACRAMENTO, CA - California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter along with State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and Attorney General Rob Bonta to school and county superintendents, and ch ...

June 03, 2023
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Bill Establishes Opioid Prevention and Education Programs In California Schools

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 31, 2023
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Bill Establishes Opioid Prevention and Education Programs In California Schools

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill by Senator Dave ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill by Senator Dave Cortese that seeks to prevent opioid overdoses at public schools and would also give students a ...

May 31, 2023
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Barz Behind Bars: Improving Prison Literacy Rates through Creative Program

Posted by Benjamin Frandsen
|Date: May 29, 2023
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Barz Behind Bars: Improving Prison Literacy Rates through Creative Program

By Benjamin Frandsen MCFARLAND, CA — In 2022, Dr. Brandt Choate, the California Director of the Di ...

By Benjamin Frandsen MCFARLAND, CA — In 2022, Dr. Brandt Choate, the California Director of the Division of Rehabilitative Programs, appeared on the CDCR Unlocked Podcast and publicly affirmed ...

May 29, 2023
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Yes, Majoring in English Offers Many Options

Posted by Ian Bastida
|Date: May 08, 2023
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Yes, Majoring in English Offers Many Options

by Ian Bastida Every family member and colleague has plagued me with the question that every Engli ...

by Ian Bastida Every family member and colleague has plagued me with the question that every English major dreads to hear: “What do you plan to do with English?” An English degree suppli ...

May 08, 2023
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SF NAACP Urges Rejection of 1-Time Reparation Payment to African Americans – Wants Investment in Areas Affected by Racism

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 29, 2023
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SF NAACP Urges Rejection of 1-Time Reparation Payment to African Americans – Wants Investment in Areas Affected by Racism

By Vaiva Utaraite SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco NAACP last week urged the SF Board of Supervisors ...

By Vaiva Utaraite SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco NAACP last week urged the SF Board of Supervisors to reject a one-time $5 million reparation payment to African Americans from the city of San F ...

March 29, 2023
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Student Opinion: UCLA’s Accessibility Dilemma

Posted by Aidan Rubel
|Date: February 13, 2023
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Student Opinion: UCLA’s Accessibility Dilemma

By Aidan Rubel LOS ANGELES — Two weeks into my first year at UCLA, I was planning to walk to the Fresh Pr ...

By Aidan Rubel LOS ANGELES — Two weeks into my first year at UCLA, I was planning to walk to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air house in Brentwood. It would be a nice way to get alone time, I thought. Instea ...

February 13, 2023
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ChatGPT’s Educational Effects, As Written By ChatGPT

Posted by Aidan Rubel
|Date: February 06, 2023
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ChatGPT’s Educational Effects, As Written By ChatGPT

By Aidan Rubel LOS ANGELES — If you have recently spent time looking at innovation news, you have probabl ...

By Aidan Rubel LOS ANGELES — If you have recently spent time looking at innovation news, you have probably heard about ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an online tool that utilizes artificial intelligence to answe ...

February 06, 2023
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Student Opinion: AI Chatbot Usage in the Humanities Present Both an Obstacle and Opportunity

Posted by Michelle Lin
|Date: February 06, 2023
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Student Opinion: AI Chatbot Usage in the Humanities Present Both an Obstacle and Opportunity

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The humanities are often viewed as antiquated, requiring minimal or no tech ...

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The humanities are often viewed as antiquated, requiring minimal or no technological devices to teach or interact with these studies. Yet in the age of technology, skills ...

February 06, 2023
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Florida Court Blocks ‘Anti-WOKE’ Measure in Higher Education Settings

Posted by Jessica Weisman
|Date: November 20, 2022
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Florida Court Blocks ‘Anti-WOKE’ Measure in Higher Education Settings

By Jessica Weisman ORLANDO, FL - A federal judge here this week issued a preliminary injunction blocking ...

By Jessica Weisman ORLANDO, FL - A federal judge here this week issued a preliminary injunction blocking HB 7—also known as the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees/Stop WOKE Act—from going into ...

November 20, 2022
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Student Opinion: We Need to Respect Educators Monetarily

Posted by Michelle Lin
|Date: September 04, 2022
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Student Opinion: We Need to Respect Educators Monetarily

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — National teacher shortages have occurred since the Great Recession and the ...

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — National teacher shortages have occurred since the Great Recession and the pandemic has only worsened teacher-student conditions. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona ar ...

September 04, 2022
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Authors Argue the Importance of Education in the Prison System

Posted by Delilah Hammons
|Date: April 13, 2022
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Authors Argue the Importance of Education in the Prison System

By Delilah Hammons MADISON, WI – The Progressive Magazine published a story in April by Christopher Black ...

By Delilah Hammons MADISON, WI – The Progressive Magazine published a story in April by Christopher Blackwell and Nick Hacheney that focused on education in prison, entitled “When You Learn, You Don’t ...

April 13, 2022
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San Jose State Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Protect the Finances of Small School Districts

Posted by Catherine Hamilton
|Date: February 24, 2022
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San Jose State Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Protect the Finances of Small School Districts

By Srimathi Kannan and Catherine Hamilton SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator David Cortese (D-San ...

By Srimathi Kannan and Catherine Hamilton SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator David Cortese (D-San Jose) has introduced SB 1170, a bill aimed to safeguard the financial stability of school and c ...

February 24, 2022
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SF District Attorney Office Will Allow Its Workers to Take College Language Classes during Work Hours to Help Communicate with Public

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: February 05, 2022
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SF District Attorney Office Will Allow Its Workers to Take College Language Classes during Work Hours to Help Communicate with Public

By Jaanvi Kaur and Veronica Miller SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin annou ...

By Jaanvi Kaur and Veronica Miller SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced recently a new policy allowing individuals whose work regularly depends on communication w ...

February 05, 2022
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Prison to University Pipeline: How the Berkeley Underground Scholars Helps Formerly Incarcerated Students

Posted by Jacqueline Nguyen
|Date: October 14, 2021
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Prison to University Pipeline: How the Berkeley Underground Scholars Helps Formerly Incarcerated Students

By Jacqueline Nguyen ALAMEDA, CA—The Berkeley Underground Scholars (BUS) organization at UC Berkeley brid ...

By Jacqueline Nguyen ALAMEDA, CA—The Berkeley Underground Scholars (BUS) organization at UC Berkeley bridges the gap between prison and higher education, giving those incarcerated, formerly and presen ...

October 14, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Mapping the Future of Yolo Youth – A Post-Pandemic Response

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Mapping the Future of Yolo Youth – A Post-Pandemic Response

By Jim Provenza, Lucas Frerichs, Garth Lewis and Jesse Salinas These past weeks have been a time of joy i ...

By Jim Provenza, Lucas Frerichs, Garth Lewis and Jesse Salinas These past weeks have been a time of joy in Yolo County. A parade of high school seniors crossed stages to receive their diplomas. Childr ...

June 28, 2021
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COVID-19 Halts Valuable Re-Entry Programs At Santa Clara Jails Impacting Population’s Education Goals

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: December 14, 2020
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COVID-19 Halts Valuable Re-Entry Programs At Santa Clara Jails Impacting Population’s Education Goals

By Angela Khov Re-entry and rehabilitative programs assist incarcerated people in successfully transition ...

By Angela Khov Re-entry and rehabilitative programs assist incarcerated people in successfully transitioning into society after a period of incarceration to mitigate recidivism. These programs help i ...

December 14, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Did What They Had To, This Should Not Be on Teachers, It’s On Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Did What They Had To, This Should Not Be on Teachers, It’s On Us

When the school district made their decision last week to not re-open physical schools I was relieved. B ...

When the school district made their decision last week to not re-open physical schools I was relieved. Believe me—I know that distance learning is suboptimal and it will hurt my kids in the short ter ...

July 20, 2020
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The Conscious Teacher

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2020
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The Conscious Teacher

Editor's note: Deborah Nichols Poulos was a long-time teacher in Davis. She also served a term as City C ...

Editor's note: Deborah Nichols Poulos was a long-time teacher in Davis. She also served a term as City Councilmember. In 2006, she was diagnosed with ALS. She has come out with a book entitled, "Th ...

April 27, 2020
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Governor Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools in Event of Physical Closure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2020
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Governor Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools in Event of Physical Closure

Order mandates that school districts use dollars to fund distance learning and high quality educational o ...

Order mandates that school districts use dollars to fund distance learning and high quality educational opportunities, safely provide school meals, and arrange for the supervision of students during s ...

March 14, 2020
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