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Twin Rivers schools given funding freedom

By Melody Gutierrez - Published: 12:00 am

Twin Rivers Unified School District is shifting the power of budget decisions from its central office to individual schools in hopes of creating programs better tailored to students.

School district lauded for work with disadvantaged

By Diana Lambert - Updated: 7:06 am

A recent report from the The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation says Elk Grove Unified is one of the top 30 school districts in the U.S. at educating traditionally disadvantaged students.

Language program may have kept Sacramento school open

By Diana Lambert - Published: Saturday, December 25 2010 - 12:00 am

Laura Valencia's kindergarten class is one of three at Edison Elementary School in Sacramento that teaches students almost entirely in Spanish.

Sacramento schools to share in $25 million

By Laurel Rosenhall - Published: Friday, December 24 2010 - 12:28 pm

Schools that serve large numbers of poor children are getting new money to pay for technology as the state releases $25 million through the second phase of a legal settlement with Microsoft, the California Department of Education announced today.

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