California California to require ethnic studies to graduate high school under bill headed to Gov. Newsom By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 1, 2020 The model curriculum is intended to serve as a guide and the bill would give districts and schools flexibility to decide what would be taught.
COVID-19 For kids with special needs, online schooling divides haves and have-nots By Anna Almendrala | Kaiser Health News | September 1, 2020 Virtual classrooms are aggravating the economic disparities that plague education; the problem is especially acute for children with learning disabilities.
COVID-19 On the verge of becoming law: These 2020 bills are up to California’s governor By Laurel Rosenhall and CALMatters staff | CALmatters | August 31, 2020 Diversity on corporate boards, a ban on flavored tobacco, an overhaul the use of plastic packaging, and others are on Newsom's desk.
California UC students could face discipline for gatherings that violate health regulations, officials warn By Larry Gordon | EdSource | August 28, 2020 UC system president Drake touts value of affirmative action in Ohio on hiring, contracts, admissions
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