A teacher provides one-on-one instruction to a young elementary school student. California’s latest School Dashboard shows Black students are making progress, but not nearly fast enough for education leaders.

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By Joe W. Bowers Jr.

Contributing Writer

SACRAMENTO — California’s latest School Dashboard makes one thing clear: Black students are making progress, but not nearly fast enough — and the public education system is still not organized to deliver the excellence they deserve.

The Dashboard, a color-coded statewide public school accountability tool, rates schools and districts on English language arts, math, chronic absenteeism, suspension, graduation and college-career readiness. Five colors — blue, green, yellow, orange and red — show, from high to low, how well stud

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