State education chief: Time to invest in schools is now
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State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said yesterday that California can become more competitive and stop a future shortage in college-trained professionals by simply investing more to improve the public school system.
Torlakson cited findings from "A Blueprint for Great Schools," a 31-page report with a myriad of long-term and
For-profit college company admits inflated job placement success
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A for-profit education company with five locations in California has admitted that some of its health education campuses reported inflated job placement rates for its graduates.
The announcement comes as the Illinois-based Career Education Corporation has tentatively agreed [PDF] to pay $40 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving another of its subsidiaries, the California Culinary