Bay Area At this Oakland high school, restorative justice goes far beyond discipline By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | June 16, 2022 Five years after expanding its program, Fremont High has seen dramatic improvements.
Bay Area Bill would give $25,000 to aspiring school counselors, social workers By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | June 14, 2022 The aim is to help ease mental health problems among California students.
Bay Area California’s food assistance plan for undocumented residents leaves some out By Melissa Montalvo and Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | June 14, 2022 California will offer food assistance to undocumented people over 55. Advocates say younger people need help, too.
Featured in Category Race is often used as medical shorthand for how bodies work — some doctors want to change that By Rae Ellen Bichell and Cara Anthony | Kaiser Health News | June 13, 2022 A more nuanced approach acknowledges that racial health disparities often reflect the effects of generations of systemic racism.
Bay Area California’s healthcare workers face burnout. These universities want to help By Joliamour Dubose-Morris and Colleen Murphy | June 10, 2022 Two Bay Area universities are part of a federally funded effort to improve retention in a health care industry rocked by the pandemic.
Arts & Entertainment Can arts education help kids heal from the trauma of the pandemic? By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | June 9, 2022 The arts can be a safe haven for California schoolchildren to face big emotions and to channel fears and frustrations into acts of creativity, experts say.
Bay Area USDA invests in programs to bring more healthy, fresh food to schools By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | June 7, 2022 Last year, California promised to provide free school meals to every student.
California California wants to slash insulin prices by becoming a drugmaker. Can it succeed? By Angela Hart | Kaiser Health News | June 7, 2022 California would spend $100 million to make insulin affordable to millions of people with diabetes under a new state generic drug label, CalRx.
Bay Area Masks are once again mandated in Alameda County By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | June 3, 2022 The order does not apply to the city of Berkeley, which has its own health jurisdiction.
climate change Climate controversy: California’s plan for handling crisis is flawed, advisors say By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters | June 3, 2022 The plan fails to provide substantial evidence that capturing carbon will meet ambitious greenhouse gas goals, critics say.