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Gov. Newsom Signs Largest Per Pupil Funding Package in State History!
The $123.9 billion package for K-12 education will expand broadband infrastructure across California and provide much needed support for student mental health services.
Staff Blog: Newsom Unbound
Governor Gavin Newsom easily defeated the recall and now he needs to take on California’s most important issue – educating our children.
Reading IS a Civil Right!
California has been plagues with low reading scores. This is most apparent when comparing the disparities between POC vs. white and wealthy students. Nystrom Elementary Schools is tackling this disparity as a civil rights issue.
California Expands the Democratic Process
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 Houses Teachers of Color
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.
COVID Exacerbates the Teacher Shortage
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.
Housing as a Human Right
California is creating over 6,000 new permanent apartments for the homeless by converting unused hotel rooms.
Increased Education Means a Shift Toward the Democrats
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.
Young voters are key to Newsom surviving the recall
The youngest eligible Californians are least likely of any age group to register, or to vote. We need to change that, soon.
California is Facing an Unprecedented Teacher Shortage
The Covid pandemic and decades of underfunding public schools has created a severe shortage of qualified teachers.
It’s Time For Our Schools to Catch Up
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!
Our Schools are Trapped in a Cycle of Private Loans and Massive Debt
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.
Teens Are Advocating for Mental Health Days Off School
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.
Pandemic prompts grief support in schools
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.
Bay Area school districts ready to tackle learning loss after year of online learning
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.
Rash of California wildfires sparked by lightning stresses resources
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.
Facing wildfires and pandemics, California must invest in ensuring clean air in schools
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.
Staffing shortages, exhaustion, family vacations temper big summer-school hopes
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.
California will begin permanently offering free meals to all public school students this 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.
California fires: What you need to know about the largest wildfires burning across the state
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.