Laid-Off School Librarians Asked to Prove They're Teachers
Teachers in Los Angeles are in fierce negotiations with their school district over thousands of layoffs set to go into effect at the end of June. Also hanging in the balance: 85 school librarians, who've been told they're not protected from layoffs because they're no longer considered teachers.
Hospitals Struggle With Infection Reporting Law
Under a new state law, California hospitals must report how many of their patients develop preventable infections. That's just one bit in the vast pool of new data hospitals are now required to report -- and that's proving particularly difficult for some small hospitals.