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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Perhaps no state has more to lose than California in the federal budget proposal House Republicans passed this week. That spending plan sets up significant cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people. California has taken just about every route and opportunity to...
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Choosing healthy beverages for children and adolescents is just as important as choosing healthy foods, as it impacts everything from oral health to chronic disease risk. That’s why leading health and nutrition organizations developed new healthy beverage recommendations for families with children ages 5-18. These evidence-based recommendations were created...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador En una galaxia muy, muy lejana, existe un vecindario y niños que parecen terriblemente familiares a los que se encuentran en la película de 1985 The Goonies. Al incorporar la comedia de aventuras para niños con los peligrosos piratas espaciales y experiencias increíbles más allá...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador In a galaxy, far, far away there exists a neighborhood and children that seem awfully familiar to those found in the 1985 film The Goonies. Incorporating children’s adventure comedy with the dangerous space pirates and incredible experiences beyond their neatly kept streets, the new live-action...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters When the superintendent in San Francisco Unified proposed closing schools recently, parents launched a prolonged — and successful — protest. The uproar may have died down for now, but the issue is likely to erupt at school boards across the state — and some say that’s...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters En su clase de quinto grado en una escuela de Los Ángeles, un día en que las temperaturas exteriores alcanzaron los 46 grados Celsius, el calor le provocó dolor de cabeza a Lilian Chin. El aire acondicionado de su aula estaba roto. Tenía los dedos entumecidos...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb and she vomited in class, according to her mother....
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Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters En la escuela secundaria Bullard de Fresno, es fácil ver los beneficios de prohibir los teléfonos celulares a los estudiantes. El acoso escolar ha disminuido y la socialización ha aumentado, dijo el director Armen Torigian. ¿Hacer cumplir las restricciones a los teléfonos inteligentes?...
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Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said. Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder. Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches,...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Perhaps no state has more to lose than California in the federal budget proposal House Republicans passed this week. That spending plan sets up significant cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people. California has taken just about every route and opportunity to...
Choosing healthy beverages for children and adolescents is just as important as choosing healthy foods, as it impacts everything from oral health to chronic disease risk. That’s why leading health and nutrition organizations developed new healthy beverage recommendations for families with children ages 5-18. These evidence-based recommendations were created...
Arturo Hilario El Observador En una galaxia muy, muy lejana, existe un vecindario y niños que parecen terriblemente familiares a los que se encuentran en la película de 1985 The Goonies. Al incorporar la comedia de aventuras para niños con los peligrosos piratas espaciales y experiencias increíbles más allá...
Arturo Hilario El Observador In a galaxy, far, far away there exists a neighborhood and children that seem awfully familiar to those found in the 1985 film The Goonies. Incorporating children’s adventure comedy with the dangerous space pirates and incredible experiences beyond their neatly kept streets, the new live-action...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters When the superintendent in San Francisco Unified proposed closing schools recently, parents launched a prolonged — and successful — protest. The uproar may have died down for now, but the issue is likely to erupt at school boards across the state — and some say that’s...
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters En su clase de quinto grado en una escuela de Los Ángeles, un día en que las temperaturas exteriores alcanzaron los 46 grados Celsius, el calor le provocó dolor de cabeza a Lilian Chin. El aire acondicionado de su aula estaba roto. Tenía los dedos entumecidos...
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb and she vomited in class, according to her mother....
Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters En la escuela secundaria Bullard de Fresno, es fácil ver los beneficios de prohibir los teléfonos celulares a los estudiantes. El acoso escolar ha disminuido y la socialización ha aumentado, dijo el director Armen Torigian. ¿Hacer cumplir las restricciones a los teléfonos inteligentes?...
Carolyn Jones & Khari Johnson CalMatters At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said. Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder. Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches,...