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Mobile units are rolling out in rural California communities this summer to help keep kids engaged and combat learning loss. The nonprofit Save the Children’s “Make Summer Fair” campaign provides books and educational resources in areas where summer learning opportunities are limited. Lucero Chavez Ramirez, California state director for...
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Jacqueline Munis CalMatters Casi 3,7 millones de estudiantes y 667.000 recién nacidos en California tienen dinero invertido en una cuenta de ahorros para ayudar a pagar la universidad. Pero la mayoría de las familias no saben que el dinero está ahí. Citlali López, estudiante de segundo año de psicología...
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Jacqueline Munis CalMatters Nearly 3.7 million students and 667,000 newborns in California have money invested in a savings account to help pay for college. But most families don’t know the money is there. Citlali Lopez, a second-year psychology student at Sacramento State, found out a few months ago she...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Puede que se avecinen recortes presupuestarios para muchos programas de California, pero una iniciativa multimillonaria hasta ahora ha evadido el hacha: un ambicioso esfuerzo para llevar atención médica y dental, asesoramiento, clases para padres, actividades culturales y otros servicios a las escuelas públicas. Hasta ahora, el gobernador Gavin...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Budget cuts may be looming for many California programs, but one multi-billion-dollar initiative has so far evaded the ax: an ambitious push to bring medical and dental care, counseling, parenting classes, cultural activities and other services to public schools. Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far spared what’s known...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Los niños en hogares de crianza a menudo se pierden las lecciones de música o los juegos de las ligas menores. Ésa es una de las consecuencias de cambiar de hogar o de vivir con una familia con un presupuesto ajustado. Ahora California tiene un...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Foster kids often miss out on Little League or music lessons. That’s one of the consequences of changing homes, or living with a family on a tight budget. Now California has a new plan to give them opportunities for the kinds of extracurricular activities that...
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Cigarettes may not appeal to America’s youth like they did in the 1960s, but a significant number still experiment with e-cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new data that show the use of e-cigarettes by high school students declined in the past year, but rose among middle schoolers....
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Originally by Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service/Public News Service After another school year impacted by the COVID pandemic, the long-term effects of educational disruptions are increasingly visible. Years of increased stress, financial burdens, and virtual schooling have affected children as well...
Mobile units are rolling out in rural California communities this summer to help keep kids engaged and combat learning loss. The nonprofit Save the Children’s “Make Summer Fair” campaign provides books and educational resources in areas where summer learning opportunities are limited. Lucero Chavez Ramirez, California state director for...
Jacqueline Munis CalMatters Casi 3,7 millones de estudiantes y 667.000 recién nacidos en California tienen dinero invertido en una cuenta de ahorros para ayudar a pagar la universidad. Pero la mayoría de las familias no saben que el dinero está ahí. Citlali López, estudiante de segundo año de psicología...
Jacqueline Munis CalMatters Nearly 3.7 million students and 667,000 newborns in California have money invested in a savings account to help pay for college. But most families don’t know the money is there. Citlali Lopez, a second-year psychology student at Sacramento State, found out a few months ago she...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Puede que se avecinen recortes presupuestarios para muchos programas de California, pero una iniciativa multimillonaria hasta ahora ha evadido el hacha: un ambicioso esfuerzo para llevar atención médica y dental, asesoramiento, clases para padres, actividades culturales y otros servicios a las escuelas públicas. Hasta ahora, el gobernador Gavin...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Budget cuts may be looming for many California programs, but one multi-billion-dollar initiative has so far evaded the ax: an ambitious push to bring medical and dental care, counseling, parenting classes, cultural activities and other services to public schools. Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far spared what’s known...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Los niños en hogares de crianza a menudo se pierden las lecciones de música o los juegos de las ligas menores. Ésa es una de las consecuencias de cambiar de hogar o de vivir con una familia con un presupuesto ajustado. Ahora California tiene un...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Foster kids often miss out on Little League or music lessons. That’s one of the consequences of changing homes, or living with a family on a tight budget. Now California has a new plan to give them opportunities for the kinds of extracurricular activities that...
Cigarettes may not appeal to America’s youth like they did in the 1960s, but a significant number still experiment with e-cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new data that show the use of e-cigarettes by high school students declined in the past year, but rose among middle schoolers....
Originally by Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service/Public News Service After another school year impacted by the COVID pandemic, the long-term effects of educational disruptions are increasingly visible. Years of increased stress, financial burdens, and virtual schooling have affected children as well...