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California K-12 Covid safety practices for the new school year | Q&A
State and federal health authorities have provided schools with detailed guidance on how to reopen safely in the fall.
In LA, secretary of education says students need help with social and emotional health
During a visit to Los Angeles on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona encouraged schools in California and elsewhere to help students heal after a school year that many spent in isolation.
Unprecedented California budget to usher in sweeping education changes
Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature have seized a once-in-a-generation deluge of state and federal funding to set in motion a sweeping and ambitious set of education programs that seemed implausible six months ago.
California directs districts to offer remote independent study this fall
Families with health worries want better distance learning options than what existed pre-pandemic.
Colleges prepare for incoming freshmen with high school learning loss
Beyond the usual efforts to get new students off a good start, college and university campuses in California and across the nation this fall face special challenges in welcoming freshmen who have not been in a real classroom for a year and a half.
Post-Covid California state budget with record spending on education heads to Gov. Newsom
The Legislature has dispatched the 2021-22 budget bill with spending levels for education that appeared implausible a year ago, in the throes of a pandemic. The vote sends a $263 billion budget to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who agreed to the deal on Friday following nearly two weeks of negotiations.
Lawmakers, Newsom cut deal on state budget: Record spending on pre-K through college
Legislative leaders released a landmark state budget agreement that would add a year of school for all 4-year-olds, significantly expand Cal Grants and middle-class scholarships for college students and provide record funding for pre-K-12 schools anxious to use billions in one-time money to bounce back from a 15-month pandemic.
How community colleges can better prepare adult workers
Community colleges and their partners can do more to train students for the workforce, a process that should start as early as middle school, community college leaders and experts said in a recent conversation.
California community college transfer students face roadblocks to bachelor’s degrees
Too few California community college students are transferring to universities, and among those that do, not nearly enough are completing a degree within four years a new report finds.