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“This is the new face of denial of access to public education,” one advocate said. “Now it’s just easier and covered under the guise of Covid protection.” May 4, 2021, 1:31 AM PDTBy Erin Einhorn Before his kindergarten classes begin for the day, Raynardo Antonio Ocasio watches from his mother’s third-floor bedroom window as his classmates […]
Students are joining remote classes from outside the country. In one New Jersey school district, computers were traced to 24 countries on a day last month. By Tracey Tully Published April 8, 2021. Updated April 9, 2021 Faiqa Naqvi, a 15-year-old freshman at a New Jersey public high school, logs in to her all-remote classes each night from […]
As the state legislature begins negotiations over next year’s budget, educators and elected officials are discussing whether to keep remote learning as an option once everyone goes back to school in the fall. May 10, 2021 • Dustin Gardiner and Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, have been […]
By KEVIN YAMAMURA Published by Politico.com on 05/10/2021 SACRAMENTO — California expects a staggering $75.7 billion surplus despite a year of pandemic closures — an amount that surpasses most states’ annual spending and prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday to propose sending cash back to residents as he faces a recall election. California’s coffers are bulging […]
Revised budget would include $500 college saving accounts for low-income 1st graders by John Fensterwald, EdSource With eye-popping state revenues feeding an ambitious agenda, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday multi-year plans for transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, full funding for summer school and after school for 2 million children, hundreds of new service-based community schools […]
by Scott Hansen, Senior Consultant at TRiGroup, Inc. There are two different Bills that we are closely monitoring for our clients. AB 75 (O’Donnell, D-Long Beach) would place the Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022 on the ballot in 2022 to fund the construction and modernization of education facilities. SB 22 (Glazer, […]
by Betty Márquez Rosales for Ed Source Next Monday, Los Angeles Unified will begin offering Covid-19 vaccines to middle and high school students during school hours in an effort to widen access to the vaccine, according to Superintendent Austin Beutner. Parents will be able to schedule appointments using Daily Pass, a web-based tool the district […]
by Karen D’Souza for EdSource Early childhood advocates, lawmakers and the governor are pushing to gradually expand transitional kindergarten (TK) to all the state’s 4-year-olds. But the moves are raising issues, such as the viability of the child care system and whether expanded TK might be too academic for younger 4-year-olds. Often described as a bridge between […]
by Amy Zimmer and Alex Zimmerman for Chalkbeat, May 24, 2021 New York City schools will not offer a remote option for students next fall as city officials mount a full-court press to bring all students, teachers and staff back to their campuses full-time, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday morning. The news comes as […]
There are not many women of color in the superintendency. For some of them, the pandemic is a tipping point By Stephen Sawchuk — May 21, 2021 When asked what’s been challenging about leading the Santa Rosa City Schools in California over her five-and-a-half year tenure, Superintendent Diann Kitamura can tick them off easily, one by one: […]