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The vaccination rate for California kindergartners went down last school year, including in San Diego County, after hitting a record high the previous year. Read More »
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Follow the money: California gas tax repeal
Use our database to search the money supporting and opposing a proposed repeal of a California gas tax increase. Read More »
Search 2011-2017 ACT Scores in California
A little more than 65 percent of San Diego County high school seniors who took the ACT last year scored at or above the national average. Read More »
Search AP test scores in California by school
Nearly 63 percent of all AP tests taken by San Diego County high school students in 2017 were passed, allowing them to earn college credits early. Read More »
UPDATED: inewsource campaign finance data for San Diego County races
A San Diego County campaign finance database that captures the most recent fundraising and spending by politicians, ballot measure groups and PACs. Read More »
See SAT test results for California high school seniors
This inewsource database shows the percent of students, by school and district, who met the “college and career readiness” benchmarks set by the College Board for the 2016-2017 SAT tests in California. We'll let you know when big things happen. Email address: Read More »
See how much you’re paying in Mello-Roos taxes
If you live in a Mello-Roos tax district in San Diego County, you can search this database by address in the fields below. Read More »
Once used to integrate schools, magnets may be creating divisions in Vista
In the Vista Unified School District, a civil rights era tool often used to improve diversity in schools appears to be creating new divisions along racial and ethnic lines. An analysis by KPBS and inewsource of state and federal data suggests the area’s white, more affluent families are disproportionately benefitting from a district push to have parents choose where they ... Read More »
Magnet schools and Vista Unified: How we crunched the numbers
An analysis by KPBS and inewsource of state and federal data suggests that Vista Unified's white, more affluent families are disproportionately benefitting from a district push to have parents choose where they enroll their children, instead of taking them to their nearest school. Read More »
Trump’s visit: What you need to know about the U.S.-Mexico border wall
KPBS and inewsource partnered last year to do an in-depth look at the U.S.-Mexico border wall that already exists from California to Texas. We wanted to provide context for President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to build out and fortify the fencing that separates the two nations. Since Trump will be in San Diego Tuesday to look at the wall prototypes ... Read More »