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2006
 | in a reversal of Progressive Era changes a century ago, when schools were taken out from the control of city bosses’ political machines, a handful of urban school districts — along with their considerable budgets and job-dispensing opportunities — have been wrested away from elected boards and turned back over to big-city mayors. |
In This Issue
Just a few months before the end of the school year, the jury’s still out on the fate of many members of the class of 2006: the first students required by state law to pass the California High School Exit Exam in order to receive a diploma.
Part 3: David's story
The third in a four-part series about preparing students for life after high school.
Departments
A rural and an urban superintendent discuss the ways declining enrollment is affecting their districts.
Milestones and memories: CSBA turns 75
Scott P. Plotkin is the executive director of the California School Boards Association.
Teamwork makes preschool program a winner
This computer program ROCKS
In learning technology skills, middle school students in the Baldwin Park Unified School District are finding a calling.