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A bill filed in the U.S. Senate would guarantee all public schoolteachers across the U.S. a minimum salary of at least $60,000 dollars a year. The Pay Teachers Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would also triple funding allocated to schools for children from low-income families to more than...
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Many of us grew up dreaming of a high school diploma, but life sometimes throws us off course. Maybe you had to work to help out at home, take care of your family, or faced other hardships like language barriers. And that high school diploma was left in the...
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It’s back to school time and there is so much for families to do to get ready for the school year ahead, from getting school supplies to signing up for after school programs. Making sure kids have health care needs covered should be a part of those preparations. Free...
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The healthcare landscape in the United States is undergoing seismic shifts, and few programs are feeling the impact as strongly as Medicaid. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and states, and provides free or low-cost health coverage to people with limited incomes, including low-income families, pregnant women,...
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Malena Carollo CalMatters California government agencies are going all-in on generative artificial intelligence tools after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023 executive order to improve government efficiency with AI. One deployment recently touted by the governor is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the primary agency tasked with coordinating the state’s...
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“We are artists,” Alec Ozawa says, “but we don’t create art for ourselves.” He and his fiancée, Ash Stewack, make art for others: for businesses, passersby, and neighborhoods. And most of the time, you won’t even find their signature at the bottom right of the piece. The Chicago-based sign...
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Massachusetts educators are praising federal legislation to ensure public schoolteachers make a minimum of $60,000 a year. Supporters say the Pay Teachers Act would help fill the more than 4,000 teacher vacancies statewide and ensure fully certified teachers are staffing schools. Cory O’Hayer, a social studies teacher for Boston...
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Los terapeutas están intensificando sus esfuerzos para ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados a lidiar con el miedo generalizado generado por las continuas redadas de ICE de la administración Trump. El grupo Immigrants Rising ofrece una línea gratuita de consejería para estudiantes indocumentados en California de entre 18 y 45...
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Therapists are stepping up to help undocumented students deal with the pervasive fear created by the Trump administration’s ongoing ICE raids. The group Immigrants Rising offers free online counseling to undocumented students in California, ages 18 to 45. Mayra Barragan-O’Brien is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and the...
A bill filed in the U.S. Senate would guarantee all public schoolteachers across the U.S. a minimum salary of at least $60,000 dollars a year. The Pay Teachers Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would also triple funding allocated to schools for children from low-income families to more than...
Many of us grew up dreaming of a high school diploma, but life sometimes throws us off course. Maybe you had to work to help out at home, take care of your family, or faced other hardships like language barriers. And that high school diploma was left in the...
It’s back to school time and there is so much for families to do to get ready for the school year ahead, from getting school supplies to signing up for after school programs. Making sure kids have health care needs covered should be a part of those preparations. Free...
The healthcare landscape in the United States is undergoing seismic shifts, and few programs are feeling the impact as strongly as Medicaid. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and states, and provides free or low-cost health coverage to people with limited incomes, including low-income families, pregnant women,...
Malena Carollo CalMatters California government agencies are going all-in on generative artificial intelligence tools after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023 executive order to improve government efficiency with AI. One deployment recently touted by the governor is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the primary agency tasked with coordinating the state’s...
“We are artists,” Alec Ozawa says, “but we don’t create art for ourselves.” He and his fiancée, Ash Stewack, make art for others: for businesses, passersby, and neighborhoods. And most of the time, you won’t even find their signature at the bottom right of the piece. The Chicago-based sign...
Massachusetts educators are praising federal legislation to ensure public schoolteachers make a minimum of $60,000 a year. Supporters say the Pay Teachers Act would help fill the more than 4,000 teacher vacancies statewide and ensure fully certified teachers are staffing schools. Cory O’Hayer, a social studies teacher for Boston...
Los terapeutas están intensificando sus esfuerzos para ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados a lidiar con el miedo generalizado generado por las continuas redadas de ICE de la administración Trump. El grupo Immigrants Rising ofrece una línea gratuita de consejería para estudiantes indocumentados en California de entre 18 y 45...
Therapists are stepping up to help undocumented students deal with the pervasive fear created by the Trump administration’s ongoing ICE raids. The group Immigrants Rising offers free online counseling to undocumented students in California, ages 18 to 45. Mayra Barragan-O’Brien is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and the...