4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE DATABASE DEBACLE: The state has failed for years to develop a system that can calculate real dropout rates and determine which school programs work best. Other states have had one for years; Jerry Brown's administration should make it a priority.

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: THE DATABASE DEBACLE: The state has failed for years to develop a system that can calculate real dropout rates and determine which school programs work best. Other states have had one for years; Jerry Brown's administration should make it a priority.

THE DATABASE DEBACLE: The state has failed for years to develop a system that can calculate real dropout rates and determine which school programs work best. Other states have had one for years; Jerry Brown's administration should make it a priority.

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LA Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/axqmYp November 15, 2010 -- One of the smaller line item vetoes made this year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger strikes less than $7 million from the state budget that was earmarked for overseeing a student-tracking database. And it wasn't even state money; it was entirely federal funding, and can't be used for anything else. What was the governor thinking? As he