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Joe Hong CalMatters Black students’ standardized test scores and graduation rates have long trailed those of their white and Asian peers. For decades, educators and legislators have tried to close that achievement gap, and a school funding proposal in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget illustrates just how difficult it is...
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Congressman Kevin McCarthy from Bakersfield announced in his first address as U.S. House Speaker that he wants to combat what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools. But a new poll shows very few voters consider that to be an urgent priority. A survey commissioned by the American Federation of...
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El congresista Kevin McCarthy de Bakersfield anuncio en su primer discurso como presidente de la Camara de Representantes de EE. UU. que quiere combatir lo que describe como “adoctrinamiento woke” en las escuelas. Pero una nueva encuesta muestra que muy pocos votantes consideran que esto es una prioridad urgente. Una encuesta...
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Carmen González CalMatters Cuando Melanie Lindo estaba considerando su transferencia a un campus de la UC, su elección no se reducía a los recursos académicos o del campus, sino a lo largo, complejo y costoso que sería su viaje en autobús. “En comparación con todas las otras UC en...
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Carmen González CalMatters When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be. “Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest...
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Joe Hong CalMatters Los estudiantes de quinto grado de Roxanne Grago en la escuela primaria Lake Marie deben poder leer una historia corta, analizarla y respaldar sus análisis con ejemplos del texto. Pero Grago dijo que durante el cierre de escuelas y otras interrupciones de la era de la...
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Joe Hong CalMatters Roxanne Grago’s fifth-grade students at Lake Marie Elementary should be able to read a short story, analyze it, and support their analyses with examples from the text. But Grago said that during school closures and other pandemic-era disruptions, students fell behind academically. Today, they struggle to...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters A medida que el enfrentamiento laboral llega a su segundo mes en la Universidad de California, los estudiantes graduados que están en huelga llevan su enojo, y la esperanza de salarios y beneficios más altos, directamente a los líderes de la UC a través de la...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters As a labor standoff drags into its second month at the University of California, the graduate student workers on strike are bringing their fury — and hopes for higher wages and benefits — directly to UC leadership through civil disobedience and other tactics that go beyond...
Joe Hong CalMatters Black students’ standardized test scores and graduation rates have long trailed those of their white and Asian peers. For decades, educators and legislators have tried to close that achievement gap, and a school funding proposal in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget illustrates just how difficult it is...
Congressman Kevin McCarthy from Bakersfield announced in his first address as U.S. House Speaker that he wants to combat what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools. But a new poll shows very few voters consider that to be an urgent priority. A survey commissioned by the American Federation of...
El congresista Kevin McCarthy de Bakersfield anuncio en su primer discurso como presidente de la Camara de Representantes de EE. UU. que quiere combatir lo que describe como “adoctrinamiento woke” en las escuelas. Pero una nueva encuesta muestra que muy pocos votantes consideran que esto es una prioridad urgente. Una encuesta...
Carmen González CalMatters Cuando Melanie Lindo estaba considerando su transferencia a un campus de la UC, su elección no se reducía a los recursos académicos o del campus, sino a lo largo, complejo y costoso que sería su viaje en autobús. “En comparación con todas las otras UC en...
Carmen González CalMatters When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be. “Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest...
Joe Hong CalMatters Los estudiantes de quinto grado de Roxanne Grago en la escuela primaria Lake Marie deben poder leer una historia corta, analizarla y respaldar sus análisis con ejemplos del texto. Pero Grago dijo que durante el cierre de escuelas y otras interrupciones de la era de la...
Joe Hong CalMatters Roxanne Grago’s fifth-grade students at Lake Marie Elementary should be able to read a short story, analyze it, and support their analyses with examples from the text. But Grago said that during school closures and other pandemic-era disruptions, students fell behind academically. Today, they struggle to...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters A medida que el enfrentamiento laboral llega a su segundo mes en la Universidad de California, los estudiantes graduados que están en huelga llevan su enojo, y la esperanza de salarios y beneficios más altos, directamente a los líderes de la UC a través de la...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters As a labor standoff drags into its second month at the University of California, the graduate student workers on strike are bringing their fury — and hopes for higher wages and benefits — directly to UC leadership through civil disobedience and other tactics that go beyond...