Conditions of Children Archives – Page 38 of 38

January 10, 2013February 21, 2013
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California districts scrutinizing school safety plans

Conditions of Children

Schools throughout California are focusing anew on strategies that can help ensure students and staff spend their days in a safe school environment. Governing boards can do much to help. Specifically, they can: Establish safety as a priority and communicate a clear vision for safe […]

November 15, 2012February 21, 2013
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Almost 1 in 4 Californians is poor, per new federal measure

Conditions of Children

Lest anyone get the impression that California schoolchildren will be fine now that Proposition 30 has passed, a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau provides a startling reality check on the conditions of children here. According to the “supplemental poverty measure” for 2011, which […]