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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Mientras los legisladores ultiman un bono para instalaciones escolares para la votación de noviembre, algunos superintendentes de distritos pequeños y de bajos ingresos dicen que la propuesta les deja con una sensación muy familiar: falta de fondos y pasados por alto. “¿Estoy loco? Sí, estoy muy...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters As lawmakers finalize a school facilities bond for the November ballot, some superintendents from low-income and small districts say the proposal leaves them with an all-too-familiar feeling: underfunded and overlooked. “Am I mad? Yeah, I am very mad,” said Gudiel Crosthwaite, superintendent of Lynwood Unified, in...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Muchos adultos en California se están perdiendo la ayuda financiera para la universidad y, durante años, el estado se negó a ayudar. La forma más popular de ayuda financiera federal, la beca Pell, proporciona a los estudiantes de bajos ingresos alrededor de 7,000 dólares al año,...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Many adults in California are missing out on financial aid for college — and for years, the state declined to help. The most popular form of federal financial aid, the Pell grant, provides low-income students with around $7,000 a year— money that can go towards all...
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Jeannine Chiang Ethnic Media Services Echa un vistazo a la biblioteca de Burlingame High School, ubicada en el extremo norte de Silicon Valley, y encontrarás estudiantes haciendo tareas escolares en sus computadoras, hablando con amigos, jugando ajedrez o consultando con sus asesores universitarios y profesionales. Nadie está leyendo un...
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Jeannine Chiang Ethnic Media Services Take a peek into the library at Burlingame High School, located on the northern edge of Silicon Valley, and you’ll find students doing schoolwork on their computers, talking with friends, playing chess, or checking in with their college and career advisors. No one is...
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Separar a los estudiantes de secundaria de sus teléfonos celulares podría verse como una tarea desalentadora, pero una escuela de California dijo que hacer que los estudiantes los guarden durante el día escolar ha producido algunos resultados sorprendentes. Los administradores de High Tech High en San Diego dijeron que...
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Separating high school students from their cellphones might be seen as a daunting task but one California school said having students stash them during the school day has brought some surprising results. Administrators at High Tech High in San Diego said fostering a phone-free school environment led to positive change. Starting...
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In 2021, Josh Goddard came across some sobering news. That year’s United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report showed that globally, meat and dairy production is responsible for fueling nearly a third of human-caused methane gas emissions. The IPCC assessment “was pretty unforgiving,” says the director of nutrition services...