Courtesy: GO Public Schools As the next school year approaches, educators throughout California are taking stock of the continued challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in addressing the critical issue of learning recovery. California school districts received a staggering $23.4 billion in relief dollars through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. […]
Jacob Beeman’s transfer goals were pushed back by about a year because he was taking the wrong community college classes to transfer. “I had been jumping through all these hoops to try and get the right classes I needed to transfer and going off the advice of people who I trusted to know what they
After vowing to defy pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom, Temecula Valley Unified’s school board reversed itself and adopted social studies textbooks for elementary grades, while also voting to exclude a chapter that highlights civil rights, including the gay rights movement. Friday night’s unanimous approval for Social Studies Alive! textbooks and workbooks came two days after
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. Credit: Andrew Reed/EdSource This story was updated Saturday to include comments from School Board President Sonja Shaw and Carl Cohn, a former member of the California State Board of Education who attended the meeting. The Chino Valley Unified School District had no legitimate reason under the state open-meeting
Students rely on an array of services in special education classes. Christopher Futcher/iStock With less than four weeks before the start of the next school year, more than 200 special education paraprofessional positions in West Contra Costa Unified School District – about 33% – are unfilled, despite recruitment efforts. The district is contracting with ProCare
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Hayden Lampe’s dream of getting a bachelor’s degree felt out of reach after she graduated with an associate degree at Feather River College in Quincy — that is, until the community college in rural Northern California won approval to offer a baccalaureate degree. The nearest university to Quincy is 80 miles away, so getting a
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UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. Credit: FERMIN LEAL/EDSOURCE TODAY The University of California and state lawmakers are at odds over proposed legislation intended to make it easier for community college students to transfer to one of UC’s nine undergraduate campuses. Assembly Bill 1749 would require UC to automatically admit students who complete an “associate
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A member of the public addresses the Temecula Valley Unified school board Tuesday during a discussion of the adoption of a new history-social studies textbook. Source: Temecula Valley Unified webcast Less than 24 hours after the Temecula Valley Unified school board again rejected the adoption of a new social studies textbook, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced
Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource Last year, I got Covid on Christmas Eve and had to isolate until I was negative. Insanely bored and sick as a dog, I took a large dose of NyQuil and fell asleep watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol” back to back. I woke up in the middle of
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The LGBTQ+ community rallies in solidarity, opposing the Social Studies Alive! ban in Temecula Valley Unified in June 2023. Credit: Mallika Seshadri / EdSource This story was updated at 10:52 a.m. July 19 to correct information received by the California Department of Education. The Temecula Valley Unified school board did not back down Tuesday from
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