Bay Area New program allows incarcerated students to get bachelor’s degrees alongside peers on the outside By Meghan Bobrowsky | CalMatters | October 1, 2021 The "Inside Out" curriculum brings college students and professors into prisons to learn alongside incarcerated students.
teachers Why many California students keep missing school By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | September 28, 2021 An EdSource report found many districts are experiencing a massive uptick in chronic absenteeism.
COVID-19 These schools use weekly testing to keep kids in class — and COVID out By Christine Herman | WILL / Illinois Public Media | September 27, 2021 Some school districts are tapping federal dollars to set up testing programs and step up their vigilance against the virus.
Bay Area East Bay middle school renamed to honor local 100-year-old park ranger and activist By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | September 24, 2021 Student-led effort changed original name from that of a Franciscan missionary to Betty Reid Soskin after the East Bay icon
Education As UC makes room for more Californians, can it afford to lose out-of-state students? By Mikhail Zinshteyn | September 24, 2021 Lawmakers, students, and university officials have different positions on how many out-of-state students the UC should enroll.
COVID-19 Oakland school board approves COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students age 12 and older By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | September 23, 2021 The district board voted to enact a mandate that will go into effect no earlier than Jan. 1.
Bay Area State superintendent sets goal to get all California third graders reading by 2026 By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | September 22, 2021 State officials eye legislation aimed at addressing the longstanding issue of struggling early readers.
Bay Area California Community Colleges seek $100 million in tech upgrades, in part to tighten security after bot attacks By Michael Burke | EdSource | September 21, 2021 In the East Bay, Peralta Community College District acknowledged that about $179,000 in aid was distributed to fictitious students.
Bay Area California schools prepare for thousands of Afghan refugee students By Diana Lambert | EdSource | September 20, 2021 Fremont is one of the largest Afghan communities in the state and school districts there and throughout California are preparing to help Afghan refugees.
Education Secondary bell schedule survey deadline is Monday at noon By Piedmont Unified School District | September 17, 2021 Under a California law passed in 2019, high school and middle school schedules must shift to a later start from 2022.