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Searching for equity in dual enrollment for California high school students
A growing number of California students are participating in dual enrollment courses — college classes taken while still in high school. But making dual enrollment courses equitable and accessible to even more students hinges on a variety of factors.
California community colleges unable to justify placing students in remedial classes, study finds
Almost all of California’s community colleges are still placing at least some students into remedial math classes — and none of them can justify doing so according to a new report published Monday by the California Acceleration Project, an organization advocating for the elimination of remedial classes in community colleges.
U.S. Department of Education issues handbook to help schools address students’ mental health needs
Calling the student mental health crisis “critical,” the U.S. Department of Education released a detailed guidebook to help schools improve students’ social and emotional well-being.
What's next for California education? New laws and vetoes
This year, the Legislature’s focus on education was on Covid-related bills and on a record-high state budget, which includes tens of billions of new and one-time spending, along with policy decisions on how to spend the money.
Long wait for students to enroll in some community college nursing programs
Despite the high demand for more nurses, students at some California community colleges are finding it difficult to get accepted into nursing programs.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs $123.9 billion package to support K-12 education
The 22-bill package will increase broadband infrastructure, develop mental and behavioral health support, and add a new high school graduation requirement.
Newsom signs bills to ease college transfer and improve student housing
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills Wednesday that would improve college affordability and make it easier for community college students to transfer to the state’s public university systems.
Anticipating an increase in student misbehavior, California releases new discipline guidelines
Schools should offer more counseling, suspend fewer students and address the underlying mental health challenges of students who misbehave in class, according to the state’s new school discipline guidelines.
Toolkit posted explaining much anticipated growth model for measuring test scores
Parents and teachers who have picked up references over the past five years to the development of a “growth model” to measure student progress on standardized test scores in California now have a Student Growth Toolkit to explain what it is, why it’s important and when it will be put into actual use.