Bay Area Will California’s largest pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, divest from fossil fuels? By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | June 30, 2023 Climate activists and some lawmakers say shedding about $15 billion of fossil fuel holdings would reduce oil and gas companies’ political power.
Bay Area University of California looks to ‘share expertise’ after decades without affirmative action By Michael Burke | EdSource | June 29, 2023 After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions are unlawful, the rest of the nation now faces the same reality that California's public colleges have experienced since 1996.
gavin newsom What you need to know on the California budget deal By Sameea Kamal and Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | June 27, 2023 Legislators will start voting today on bills related to the agreement that was weeks in the making.
Education Lawmakers want to strip $400 million from new college-and-career program for public schools By Mikhail Zinshteyn | June 9, 2023 California created the $500 million program last year to help prepare students for careers.
Featured in Category Number of new California teacher credentials declines after 7 years of increases By Diana Lambert | EdSource | June 8, 2023 Elementary schools, which primarily employ teachers with multiple-subject teaching credentials, may feel the shortage the most.
wildfires Firefighters’ mental health is at risk. A California bill could help By Julie Cart | CalMatters | May 26, 2023 After unanimously clearing the Senate, a bill expanding first responders’ access to workers’ comp for PTSD moves to the Assembly.
Bay Area UC Regents create first new college at UC Berkeley in 50 years By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | May 19, 2023 The College of Computing, Data Science and Society will teach computing, data science and statistics.
Bay Area Proposed state budget could make becoming a teacher easier By Diana Lambert and Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | May 19, 2023 State would train more teachers of English learners, pay teaching residents, and allow military spouses with out-of-state credentials to teach.
Careers Piedmont Adult School offers free job search workshop By Piedmont Adult School | May 18, 2023 "Get Hired" will cover job search techniques, interviewing skills, and ways to develop a personal brand.
Bay Area Legislative Survivor: Which big California bills were shelved in ‘suspense file?’ By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | May 18, 2023 Bills on abortion access, climate and homelessness were among those that made the chopping block in the Legislature's twice-yearly exercise.