Tough solutions for high school truancy rate
San Francisco's Truancy Reduction Initiative has been a success - albeit a qualified one. Over the past three-plus years, the program...
Chronicle 8.13.10 4:00 AM
More college students mentally ill, study shows
The number of college students who are afflicted with a serious mental illness is rising, according to data presented Thursday at the...
Chronicle 8.13.10 4:00 AM
UC Berkeley will not send students DNA results
Under pressure from state public health officials, the professors behind UC Berkeley's controversial plan to genetically test incoming...
Chronicle 8.13.10 4:00 AM
UC, postdoctoral researchers achieve labor pact
The fighting is over between the University of California and its staff of 6,500 highly educated but low-wage postdoctoral researchers...
Chronicle 8.12.10 5:23 PM
Require kindergarteners to be 5 by Sept. 1
When you think back to kindergarten, you probably remember finger painting, listening to stories, playing in the sandbox and nap time...
Chronicle 8.12.10 4:00 AM
