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California’s smallest school districts say they will refuse to send kids home for not wearing a mask despite a new state mandate. Superintendents in these tight-knit and typically more conservative communities want the state to let local districts make their own decisions, considering the success some of them have...
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Los distritos escolares más pequeños de California dicen que se rehusarán a mandar a los niños a casa por no ponerse una mascarilla a pesar de un nuevo mandato estatal. Los superintendentes de esas comunidades cerradas y típicamente más conservadoras quieren que el estado permita que los distritos locales...
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El programa de ayuda financiera Cal Grant de 50 años de California no funciona para nuestros estudiantes ni para nuestro estado, y los líderes lo saben. A medida que gana impulso una propuesta legislativa para simplificar el programa, últimamente se han dirigido muchas palabras de elección al constructo actual:...
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Joe Hong CalMatters Este verano hay mucho en juego para la madre Renee Baile del sur de Los Ángeles. Su hija Cali acaba de terminar el kindergarten, pero pasó la mayoría del tiempo en una pantalla de computadora en su casa donde todas sus habilidades de lectura, de cálculo...
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Joe Hong CalMatters The stakes are high this summer for South Los Angeles parent Renee Bailey. Her daughter Cali just finished kindergarten, but she spent most of it on a computer screen at home where her reading, arithmetic and handwriting skills all declined. “Overall, it kind of hindered her...
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Every year, students, teachers, school administrators, as well as local education advocates across our community, fill up a handful of school buses and head to our state’s capitol to share their ideas and concerns about California’s public education system with members of our State Legislature. A tradition hosted by...
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Adolescentes de Calfornia entre 12-15 años han podido vacunarse contra el COVID desde el 13 de Mayo, pero el estar vacunado no será requerido para asistir a escuelas públicas K-12 del estado, dijo el Secretario del California Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly en rueda de prensa. El...
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California teens ages 12-15 have been able to get vaccinated for Covid as of May 13, but getting the shot will not be required for attending K-12 public schools in the state, said California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly at a press briefing. The announcement allows...
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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho lawmakers are among the first in the country to attempt to ban critical race theory in public schools. Conservatives across the nation have seized on the term over the past year, although the concept has been around since the 1970s. It’s a theory underpinned by...