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California
After mixed experiences with distance learning, disabled college students want flexibility
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Remote learning was convenient for some students with disabilities, while others missed the structure of in-person classes.California
As California schools reopen, will ‘independent study’ surge?
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Families have a right to independent study instead of in-person instruction; worry about the delta variant may determine how many choose it.California
California community colleges begin to mandate vaccines as COVID-19 cases surge
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Without a systemwide mandate, each community college district must decide whether to require or only encourage COVID-19 vaccinations.Bay Area
Court ruling temporarily blocks Mills College merger with Northeastern
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A merger agreement with Northeastern University was halted after allegations the college withheld critical financial and other information from the board of trustees.California
Why some schools are mandating COVID tests while others aren’t
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Community infection rates are a big factor in schools' COVID safety plans as they prepare to reopen campuses in the fall.California
New law allows high schoolers to switch letter grades to pass/no pass
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Students who were in high school during the 2020-21 school year may apply to their school district to change letter grades.COVID-19
National polarized politics filtering down to local school board meetings
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In California, as well as nationwide, local disagreements at school board meetings have taken on the tenor and rhetoric of national partisan divides.COVID-19
Students suffered deep, and unequal, mental health impacts during the pandemic, report finds
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The report is the second in a three-part series that "aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students."Bay Area