As red states across the country seek to suppress voter turnout, California is expanding the democratic process by sending every active voter a mail in ballot for future elections. 

Oakland’s Teacher Rooted in Oakland program has provided subsidies and reduced housing prices to 30 teachers of color. This program has come in an opportune time during our teacher shortage crisis caused by the pandemic.

Throughout the country, class sizes are expanding but the teaching pool is shrinking. School districts are offering signing bonuses and a range of cash incentives for teachers and education experts.

California is creating over 6,000 new permanent apartments for the homeless by converting unused hotel rooms.

College degrees have always meant an association to liberal ideology. What has been new, however, is the shift of college graduates toward the Democratic party.

The youngest eligible Californians are least likely of any age group to register, or to vote. We need to change that, soon.

The Covid pandemic and decades of underfunding public schools has created a severe shortage of qualified teachers.

With additional funding coming to our public schools, students are playing catch up from the lack of resources and instructor attention they received last year. Read about why we need continuous and reliable funding for our schools for years to come!

Schools should not be forced to take out loans to simply keep the lights on. Read more about how this perpetuates the cycle of education inequity in schools all over the country.

A healthy school environment isn't just a productive space. Mental health is important if we want our kids to succeed and flourish in school! Read more about why teens need mental health days off, especially this back to school season.

As students prepare to return to their classrooms for the 2021-22 school year, many are processing grief after the death of a loved one during the pandemic. To help those students, some schools are planning to offer grief support as part of their social-emotional learning curriculums.

In San Francisco, hundreds of public school students experienced learning losses after more than a year of online learning. The school district used the summer to play catch up, with several teachers working to help kids who fell behind in reading.

Two lightning-sparked fires burning in remote Northern California forests prompted evacuation warnings and strained firefighting resources already stretched thin by an unusually early and active burning season.

Wildfire smoke threatens children’s health. Breathing toxic pollution from wildfires is roughly 10 times more dangerous for children when measured against comparable air pollution from other sources.

California school districts received a collective $4.6 billion from the state in early March to address learning gaps widened by the pandemic and to prepare students mentally and emotionally for their return to campuses in the fall.

Universal free lunch programs ensure no one falls through the cracks and eliminate the stigma associated with qualifying for free or reduced-price meals because of family income.

Multiple major wildfires burned in Northern California on Tuesday, including the Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe and the Dixie Fire in Butte and Plumas counties as the state’s already highly active fire season continued.

The Real Cost Measure seeks to assess the true costs of living in California and the hardships households face in meeting them. Many households find they earn too much to qualify for most public services, yet still struggle to meet their most basic needs. Race, single motherhood, education level, and foreign-born status are all factors that correlate with economic conditions.

The Real Cost Measure seeks to assess the true costs of living in California and the hardships households face in meeting them. Many households find they earn too much to qualify for most public services, yet still struggle to meet their most basic needs. Race, single motherhood, education level, and foreign-born status are all factors that correlate with economic conditions.

Each year, the wildfire season in California gets longer, fires get hotter and more destructive, and consequently, the government spends more money fighting those fires. The total emergency fire suppression cost for fiscal year 2021, which ran from July 2020 to June 2021, will likely surpass $1 billion for the first time.