children

  • Maestros presionan a Newsom para retrasar reapertura de la Escuela Física

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — La Federación de Maestros de California (“California Federation of Teachers”) hace un llamado a la Sala de Prensa del Gobernador Gavin Newsom a que instruyan a las escuelas a que asuman el aprendizaje a distancia hasta que las cifras del COVID-19...
  • Teachers Press Newsom to Delay Physical School Reopening

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Federation of Teachers is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay physical reopening of schools and direct districts to go to distance learning until COVID-19 infections drop and safeguards are in place. On Monday, both Los Angeles and San Diego...
  • Informe: algunos planes de Medi-Cal acortan a los niños

    SACRAMENTO, California – California gasta $ 4 mil millones – $ 5 mil millones al año en atención médica para niños de bajos ingresos, pero algunos de los planes están cayendo en el trabajo, según un nuevo informe publicado esta semana. Los investigadores de la organización sin fines de...
  • Report: Some Medi-Cal Plans Shortchange Kids

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California spends $4 billion – $5 billion a year on health care for low-income kids, but some of the plans are falling down on the job, according to a new report out this week. Researchers from the nonprofit Children Now say 40% of Medi-Cal health plans don’t meet...
  • ¿Cómo estamos equipando a los estudiantes para tener éxito en ciencias?

    Científicos de todo el mundo están avanzando en la lucha para prevenir y tratar COVID-19. Y están aprovechando la última tecnología y ciencia a medida que presionan el acelerador a una velocidad inalcanzable hasta la fecha. Pero otra pelea también se desarrolla durante este desafío sin precedentes: la necesidad...
  • Children’s Groups Promote Plan to Link Medi-Cal, WIC Food Assistance

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Legislature came back from summer break this week, and children’s advocacy groups want them to take up a bill to link eligibility for the Medi-Cal and WIC food-assistance programs to create a kind of one-stop shop enrollment process.  About 87,000 low-income children who receive...
  • Campaign Launched to Ensure Census Counts All Latino Children

    AUSTIN, Texas – This week, the leading nonpartisan educational group advocating for Latino participation in politics launched a national campaign to make sure all Latino children are counted in the upcoming 2020 census. Lizette Escobedo, director of the national census program for the NALEO Education Fund, says an undercount...
  • Children’s Groups Push for CA Governor’s Budget Priorities

    Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – Groups that advocate for children in California are pressing state lawmakers to fully fund Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget requests to expand access to early learning. Newsom is proposing to expand pre-kindergarten programs to all low-income 4-year-olds in the state within three years. Kim...
  • Children’s Rights Group Promotes Pro-Kid Agenda for 2019

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California’s children and young adults could benefit from a “Pro-Kid Agenda” during the new administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a new report just out from the nonprofit group Children Now. The agenda lays out steps the state could take to...
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