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During Donald Trump’s first term as president, he was reluctant to speak boldly about school choice. That’s according to Kellyanne Conway, an aide to the president back then, and one of his former campaign managers. “He would say ‘Aren’t we the ones who say it is local? Why...
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Mientras el presidente electo Donald Trump anuncia a personas de línea dura en materia de inmigración como su subjefe de gabinete y zar fronterizo la semana después de las elecciones, los grupos que apoyan a los estudiantes universitarios indocumentados en California prometen defender los derechos de las personas. Las...
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As President-elect Donald Trump announces immigration hard-liners as his deputy chief of staff and border czar the week after the election, groups supporting undocumented college students in California are vowing to stand up for people’s rights. Golden State colleges serve 83,000 undocumented students, according to the Higher Ed Immigration Portal....
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters With California’s fund for school repairs on empty, voters approved a $10 billion bond to pay for much-needed upgrades at K-12 schools and community colleges. “This is very good news for all students,” said Adam Clark, superintendent of Mt. Diablo Unified in Contra Costa County. “In our district,...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Con el fondo de California para reparaciones escolares vacío, los votantes aprobaron un bono de $10 mil millones para pagar actualizaciones muy necesarias en las escuelas K-12 y colegios comunitarios. “Estas son muy buenas noticias para todos los estudiantes”, dijo Adam Clark, superintendente del Distrito Escolar...
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Across the country, fall is synonymous with the new school year: sharpened pencils, new bento-style lunch boxes and, for many, the return of the iconic yellow school bus. Only this year, millions of students will be transported by yellow school buses that are electric. This change was several years in...
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En todo el país, el otoño es sinónimo del nuevo año escolar: lápices afilados, nuevas loncheras estilo bento y, para muchos, el regreso del icónico autobús escolar amarillo. Sólo este año, millones de estudiantes serán transportados en autobuses escolares amarillos que son eléctricos. Este cambio tardó varios años en...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Las universidades privadas sin fines de lucro de California ya no podrán otorgar a los estudiantes una ventaja de admisión si sus padres donaron o asistieron a la misma universidad después de que el gobernador Gavin Newsom firmara una ley el 1 de octubre que prohíbe...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able to grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on October 1 banning the practice. The state joins a rarefied group of four others that have...