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New report: California must address imbalance of too many eligible students and not enough slots at UC and CSU
A new report released by The Campaign for College Opportunity highlights that more eligible students are applying to the University of California and California State University campuses than those colleges can admit. The lack of capacity means that fewer qualified Latino and Black students are applying to these universities.
Pandemic Learning Loss Could Cost U.S. Students $2 Trillion in Lifetime Earnings. What States & Schools Can Do to Avert This Crisis
When it comes to learning loss, we must resist the urge to try to get back to normal. Doing what’s right by kids will require a massive national effort to provide additional instructional time over the next two years, writes Dan Goldhaber and Thomas J. Kane.
Congress is cutting the funds that could have closed the homework gap
Billions of dollars that connected children to the internet during the pandemic is at risk of disappearing.
Back to campus under COVID: Students reflect on an unusual semester
The CalMatters College Journalism Network spoke with students across the state about going back to campus — the highs, the lows, the weird.
Biden Administration Lays Out Its Top Priorities for Education Grants
The Biden administration’s priorities for education grants will include promoting equity in resources and opportunities, addressing learning loss caused by the pandemic, and advancing “systemic change” in schools.
Educators See Parent Support for Social-Emotional Learning Rising Despite Some Pushback
Overall, teachers, principals, and district leaders are nearly twice as likely to say parental support for social-emotional learning had increased over the past year than to say it has decreased.
Colleges' commitment to civic engagement can't be episodic
Amid calls to increase resources for civic learning, the director of the American Democracy Project suggests ways institutions can make efforts stick.
Students need more computer training for our increasingly digital world
There is a growing need to reframe computing in classrooms as an inherently social and learned set of skills. The end goal is not to just provide access to digital devices — it’s to develop the skills to use these tools for heightened learning, critical thinking and self-expression, writes Jean-Claude Brizard and Kelly Mills.
Gap Year Youth are Taking Advantage of a Temporarily Booming Job Market
High school students who graduated in spring 2020 and took a gap year were generally anticipated to enroll for their first classes in fall of 2021. Instead, the National Student Clearinghouse has discovered that only 2% of students who took a gap year during 2020 enrolled in fall 2021.