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Undergraduates say the strike by academic workers has caused canceled finals and ungraded assignments.
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UC faculty have pledged to withhold more than 30,000 grades this fall in solidarity with striking graduate workers. That could have implications for undergraduates who need certain grade point averages to keep their financial aid.
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Prowl with P-22, trace the life of a famed Black architect, Paul R. Williams, and meet a flower-spouting monster. There’s an illustrated story for readers of all kinds.
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Parents are divided over the ban.
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Some members welcome salary increases, child care benefits, and other gains but others say the union fell short of what it promised.
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In politically divided communities, principals report that schools themselves are becoming partisan battlegrounds.
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The tentative agreement must be approved by union members, and two other unions remain on strike.
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Last fall, 1.6% of Cal Poly's freshman applicants were Black; by comparison, about 4% of California's public high school graduates were Black and college-ready in 2021.
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It's tempting to overstate causes for a one-year rebound after previous decline.
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A large proportion of the UC workers on strike work in scientific laboratories seeking advances that would help many people. Some of those workers have walked off the job.
