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Thomas Peele

San Francisco

Investigative Reporter at EdSource

Manhattan born bibliophile Author, Killing the Messenger, EdSource Investigative Journo, 2017 #Pulitzer, Atheist, @Mets @Springsteen 253x RT's not endorsements

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  • 6 days ago | edsource.org | Thomas Peele

    News Brief Friday, April 18, 2025 — 9:29 am Just 38% of third graders in Sacramento County are reading at grade level, according to a report by Sacramento Literacy Foundation. Researchers described the situation as a “crisis,” the Sacramento Bee reported. The report found that students in unincorporated Sacramento County districts read at even lower levels, with 35% reading at grade level, according to the foundation.

  • 2 weeks ago | edsource.org | Thomas Peele

    News Brief Friday, April 4, 2025 — 8:03 am Facing federal scrutiny and funding issues, Stanford University will host a series of campus town hall meetings, the San Jose Mercury News reported. “We are sponsoring town halls to address uncertainty about science funding, providing resources and information for our international students, and addressing many other timely issues,” university leaders wrote in a statement.

  • 2 weeks ago | edsource.org | Thomas Peele

    News Brief Friday, April 4, 2025 — 8:01 am UC San Diego is in deeper financial trouble that has been previously made public and could be facing as much as $500 million in cuts, The San Diego Union Tribune reported. Research programs and building plans are at risk, and there could be job cuts, the newspaper reported. Chancellor Pradeep Khosla revealed the situation in a public statement issued late Tuesday that estimated budget cuts could reach 12.5%.

  • 2 months ago | lbpost.com | Thomas Peele

    A woman walks past the front of the North Long Beach Higher Education Center, Monday, May 6, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. This story originally appeared in EdSource.

  • Oct 26, 2024 | motherjones.com | Thomas Peele

    The text came from a fellow journalist. I was driving and glanced at it at a red light. It was a forward of an X post by @realDonadTrump. “You see this!?” my friend had written. As I glanced at it, I saw the back of a police car and what looked like two legs covered in white. There were black shoes, the toes pointing skyward. Memory jarred me seconds later. That was a 17-year-old photo of murdered journalist Chauncey Bailey lying dead in the street. From Trump? What the hell?

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