• College Staff Celebrates Hard-Won Victory at CA Supreme Court

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A victory in court for workers at Antelope Valley Community College could have major statewide implications. Workers challenged a district decision to change their work schedules without having them vote on it as outlined in their contract. The Public Employment Relations Board ruled against the district...
  • Estudio: Las escuelas de CA K-12 con fondos insuficientes tienen muy pocos adultos

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, California – Las escuelas de California tienen muy pocos maestros y otros adultos en los campus de K-12, y la educación de los niños está sufriendo. Eso es según un nuevo informe del grupo sin fines de lucro Children Now. Los investigadores compararon...
  • Underfunded CA K-12 Schools Have Far Too Few Adults

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California schools have far too few teachers and other adults on K-12 campuses, and children’s education is suffering. That’s according to a new report from the nonprofit group Children Now. Researchers compared a typical high school, Gunderson High in San Jose, with similar...
  • Teachers Promote Bill to Guarantee Maternity-Related Leave

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Teachers are speaking out in favor of a bill that would grant them and other classified employees six weeks of paid time off for pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth and recovery. Many of these educators have to use their sick time because they don’t pay into the state...
  • Maestras se pronuncian a favor de Ley para garantizar la licencia de Maternidad

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Las maestras apoyan una iniciativa que otorgaría a ellas y a otras empleadas el pago de seis semanas de ausencia por embarazo, aborto espontaneo, parto y recuperación. Muchas de estas educadoras tienen que usar su tiempo de ausencia por enfermedad, pues ellas no pagan al estado...
  • Satisfacer el alto costo de la educación superior

    Si usted o alguien que le importa es, o espera ser, pronto un estudiante universitario, algunos datos y estadísticas pueden ser educativos: A partir de febrero de 2019, EE. UU. Tenía una deuda total de préstamos estudiantiles de $ 1.56 billones Esto excede la deuda de tarjeta de crédito...
  • Meeting the High Cost of Higher Education

    If you or someone you care about is—or hopes to be—a college student soon, a few facts and stats may prove educational: As of February of 2019, the U.S. had $1.56 trillion in total student loan debt This exceeds U.S. credit card debt by about $521 billion Of the...
  • Mes de prevención del acoso escolar: “Nadie debería ser un espectador”

    HELENA, Mont. – Octubre es el Mes Nacional de Prevención del Acoso, creando conciencia sobre el creciente impacto de este problema en los estudiantes. De acuerdo con la Encuesta de comportamiento de riesgo juvenil de Montana de 2019, el 22% de los estudiantes en todo el estado dicen que...
  • Bullying Prevention Month: ‘No One Should Be a Bystander’

    HELENA, Mont. – October is National Bullying Prevention Month, bringing awareness to this issue’s growing impact on students. According to the 2019 Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 22% of students across the state say they’ve been bullied on campus, and nearly 18% say they’ve been bullied online. Holly Mook, the...
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