Alma Navarro was sweating it. With acceptance letters in hand from four California State University campuses, the 17-year-old senior at Oakland’s Castlemont High School still had not passed the exit ...

The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on health, money, cities and more. This month is Education & Learning, ...

As the state looks to replace the California High School Exit Exam with a new version, or eliminate it altogether as a graduation requirement, it remains difficult to find much consensus among ...

In 2006, California experienced a slight increase in its high school dropout rate, the first such increase in seven years, according to a study released on October 31 by the 55-year-old Human ...

Grads file in at the Patterson High centennial graduation in May. The district estimates about 10 students did not join the group solely because they did not pass the high school exit exam. Nan Austin ...