California Blackboard brawl: How California’s teachers hope to avoid 60,000 layoffs By Lauren Hepler | CALmatters | August 27, 2020 After a spring of crisis education, teachers’ unions hope to parlay many successful reopening battles into bigger electoral victories.
COVID-19 Pandemic tests an already-fragile college mental health system By Ethan Edward Costen | CALmatters | August 27, 2020 College students are reporting record levels of psychological challenges, state and national surveys show.
California COVID-19 pandemic pushes California college students to change or delay enrollments By Ashley A. Smith, EdSource | Local News Matters | August 25, 2020 Students face difficult choices this year.
College Swab, spit, stay home? College coronavirus testing plans are all over the map By Michael McAuliff and Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, KBIA and Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media and Stephanie O'Neill | Kaiser Health News | August 24, 2020 Campus communities with very different levels of contagion are making opposite calls about in-person learning.
education Cal State in the COVID era: No tuition cuts, 4 other takeaways from chancellor chat By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CALmatters | August 22, 2020 Cal State Chancellor Tim White answered questions about COVID-19 testing, tuition, faculty preparedness, and more.
California California schools ordered to close in-person instruction after counties were put on watch list By Theresa Harrington | EdSource | August 21, 2020 Mendocino County received conflicting information from state, causing frustration in schools
California Gov. Newsom signs bill making ethnic studies course a requirement at California State University By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | August 18, 2020 Legislative action overrules CSU board of trustees plan for broader ethnic studies course
California Power outages hit California as school resumes virtually across the state By Theresa Harrington | EdSource | August 18, 2020 If schools are affected, governor promises flexibility in state distance learning requirements.
education Five key takeaways for the 2020-21 school year in California By Ethan Edward Coston | August 17, 2020 Distance learning has complicated things for an education system already facing challenges, but stakeholders are adapting.
California As school starts, California districts try to improve virtual special education By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | August 17, 2020 Parents, however, are skeptical that distance learning will ever work for children with disabilities as services like occupational therapy cannot be provided online.