To the editor: As a co-author of the UCLA high school data science course maligned by UC Davis professor Norman Matloff in his Times op-ed article, I agree with him that data science is a field in ...

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Alicia Bettencourt, a data science teacher at Hueneme High School, helps a student with an assignment. Bettencourt is one of eight educators teaching data science classes at Oxnard Union High School ...

Data science skills are becoming increasingly relevant and important for all jobs, according to experts. To get students ready for those careers, more states are adding data science programs to the ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

April 30, 2026 - Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates. The article was updated March 5 to ...

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