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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,...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and families. Some districts have already started; now the state wants every district to become a landlord. “I...
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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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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills — such as recognizing fake news and thinking critically about what they encounter on the internet. Gov. Gavin Newsom last month signed Assembly Bill 873, which requires...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters A medida que comienza un nuevo año escolar en California, los distritos están tratando desesperadamente de atraer a miles de estudiantes desaparecidos, que llegan tarde y faltan a clase para que regresen a las aulas en lo que muchos ven como un momento crucial para la...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters As a new school year gets underway in California, districts are desperately trying to lure thousands of missing, tardy and truant students back to the classroom in what many view as a pivotal moment for education in California. In 2021-22, 30% of students in California’s public...
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,...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters In a flurry of recent legislation and initiatives, California officials are pushing school districts to convert their surplus property into housing for teachers, school staff and even students and families. Some districts have already started; now the state wants every district to become a landlord. “I...
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...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills — such as recognizing fake news and thinking critically about what they encounter on the internet. Gov. Gavin Newsom last month signed Assembly Bill 873, which requires...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters A medida que comienza un nuevo año escolar en California, los distritos están tratando desesperadamente de atraer a miles de estudiantes desaparecidos, que llegan tarde y faltan a clase para que regresen a las aulas en lo que muchos ven como un momento crucial para la...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters As a new school year gets underway in California, districts are desperately trying to lure thousands of missing, tardy and truant students back to the classroom in what many view as a pivotal moment for education in California. In 2021-22, 30% of students in California’s public...