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A report published September 2 finds that school culture can go a long way to reduce bullying. Researchers from nonprofit YouthTruth surveyed 200,000 K-12 students and find that victims of bullying are more likely to turn to adults at home rather than at school. The survey also finds less than half...
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Tara García Mathewson & Carolyn Jones CalMatters California school districts are short hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money they had already budgeted for this year. While Congress approved the funds as part of its 2025 budget, the Trump Administration today refused to release them, sending districts across the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Las escuelas y universidades de California reciben miles de millones de dólares en fondos federales cada año, dinero que el presidente Donald Trump amenaza con retirar por las acciones de una estudiante. AB Hernandez, estudiante de penúltimo año de la preparatoria Jurupa Valley, es transgénero y...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters California’s schools and colleges receive billions in federal funding each year — money that President Donald Trump is threatening to terminate over the actions of one student. AB Hernandez, a junior from Jurupa Valley High School, is transgender, and on May 31 she won first- and...
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Los educadores de California se oponen a los planes del Congreso de recortar cientos de miles de millones de dólares de Medicaid, conocido como Medi-Cal en el Estado Dorado. Medi-Cal paga la atención medica de más del 37% de los niños de California y más del 51% de los niños del...
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Educators in California are speaking out against plans in Congress to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in the Golden State. Medi-Cal pays for health care for more than 37% of California’s children, and more than 51% of kids in LA Unified, the state’s largest...
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California state lawmakers are taking action to enact safeguards against federal immigration enforcement. Last year, state Sen. Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, introduced Senate Bill 48, which would block immigration enforcement from happening near schools. It would also seek to keep California’s status as a sanctuary state, which also is one...
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California school districts are working to reassure parents who may be scared to bring their kids to school – since the Trump administration made it clear that immigration authorities will no longer be discouraged from conducting raids in sensitive places such as schools, churches, and health-care facilities. Data show...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters It’ll be a while before Los Angeles can fully assess the damage to its schools from this recent spate of fires, but a few things already seem certain: rebuilding will take a long time, it will be expensive, and it may sap the statewide fund for...