September 23, 1985 | The Los Angeles Times

Minority students will be a majority of California’s public school enrollment by 1990, ten years earlier than expected, educational researchers predict. Between 1970 and 1980 the proportion of minority students grew from 15.6% to 42.9%, said the report by Policy...

September 18, 1985 | The Mercury News

California's public schools are progressing under the state's 2-year-old reform program despite teacher shortages and deteriorating buildings, an independent research group reported Wednesday. The university-based group, Policy Analysis for California Education, said in a preliminary report that more high...

July 12, 1985 | The Mercury News

More California high school students are taking tougher courses like math and science, according to a research report. Between 1982–83 and 1984–85, the number of math and science courses and the number of students taking them both increased 20 percent...