The UC Regents needs to turn their financial resources and attention towards graduate students, and come up with a comprehensive game plan for pay increases that does not impact enrollment.

It is clear that Florida wants to erase its own racist, classist past by refusing to teach AP African American Studies. Black students in Florida deserve to learn about their heritage and history.

In California, Prop. 98 funding is decreasing for the first time in a decade. Students are continuing to unenroll, and schools are still facing funding, staffing, and materials shortages.

Prop 13 continues to make state headlines as a major barrier to securing funding for government projects. Unfortunately, wealthy corporate interests and big oil present an obstacle to securing the funding we need!

As a former educator, Yoo Eun Kim knows that recent legislative efforts to increase teacher pay will not be enough to keep good educators from leaving the classroom.

This new plan will make UC grad students some of the best supported students in higher education. However, many base salaries are still not enough to meet high cost of living conditions at many UC campuses. We must continue to support unions and advocate for our students! 

At this moment, our entire nation is dealing with an education crisis. Teachers report feeling burnt out after the pandemic, and many do not feel supported by their school districts or their salaries. It is no wonder that more and more teachers are quitting by the day.

As expected, the pandemic has created a significant drop in student scores. California’s already underfunded school districts might not cope.

The California Association of Realtors issued an apology for their history of racist housing practices. The reality is that they are still actively supporting political measures that target the same marginalized communities

A year after the passage of Assembly Bill 367, aiming to increase students’ access to basic needs menstrual products across California, our needs are still unmet. Read about the experience of UC Berkeley students struggling to access these products here.

San Diego County is experimenting with a partnership with the local community college district in order to help train and accredit more early childcare workers.

As UC students return to campus, too many are doing so without safe and affordable housing. Some students live in vehicles, others are driven further into debt as they balance student loans and skyrocketing housing prices across California. There is obviously a massive need for more housing, and an equally massive need for more state investment into higher education.

California is one of the few states that allows businesses, and not just residents, to get property tax breaks. We need to reform Prop 13 so rich entities like Disney foot the bill for California public schools and services.

The quality of a library should NOT depend on zip code. Read about this troubling inequity and why we need more state funding to address the issue.

Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed more CA students to have access to counseling services. This is unacceptable! We need to take student mental health seriously!

Gov. Newsom is currently facing a major dilemma: sign Senate Bill 140 and raise the wages of underpaid Cal State staff, or refuse to sign and anger employees. The choice is not simple. Signing the bill could force Cal State University to raise tuition and make students cover the costs of wage increases.

The CEO of Salesforce has “generously” agreed to donate employee time and his own fortune to save San Francisco public schools. But on closer exception, it all sounds very suspicious. Why are SF schools struggling so much that they need to turn to a corporation to keep their doors open?

When Oakland Unified students organized for the right to vote in their school board elections three years ago, they were thrilled when their efforts won 68% of the vote. However, since November 2020, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters has yet to implement the measure.

A recent study of California teachers’ perception of their instructional materials for English learners demonstrates that our state is not adequately providing for its students. Put bluntly: we need more funding for higher quality resources NOW, or our state will continue to fail the many English learners in the CA education system.

In a major victory for abortion rights, Kansas voters have decided against removing the right to abortion from the State Constitution. Now, we must channel this energy into more funding for female reproductive health services across the nation and protect women who are unable to exercise their right to choose.