Briana Mendez-Padilla
Editor at Dig en Español
Education Reporter at Signal Tribune
She/her • Education Reporter @SignalTribune • CSULB ‘24 • Previously @collegebeatCA @enye__lb @voicewaveslb • Tote bag enthusiast
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3 weeks ago |
k12dive.com | Naaz Modan |Roger Riddell |Kara Arundel |Briana Mendez-Padilla
Every state except New Hampshire now publishes chronic absenteeism data on its department of education website, according to a report by Attendance Works released June 3. The organization noted that when it was founded in 2010, Maryland was the only state to do so. A majority of states — 43 — had published their chronic absenteeism data for 2023-24 as of April.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
sigtrib.com | Briana Mendez-Padilla |bySamantha Diaz
The Long Beach Unified School District and Teachers Association of Long Beach approved a memorandum of understanding on the next steps for teachers affected by the closure of Hudson Elementary School. The board approved the closure plan for Hudson Elementary in November 2024 after the district’s facilities team presented research on the school’s dwindling enrollment numbers and capacity usage.
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Jan 2, 2025 |
k12dive.com | Briana Mendez-Padilla |Kara Arundel |Lauren Barack |Naaz Modan
Dear readers, Mental health and well-being have risen in priority for K-12 schools and policymakers in the wake of social isolation due to school shutdowns during COVID-19, as well as increased awareness of the impact that emotional health has on academic performance and student behavior. Among the greatest challenges for schools on this front: Research has found that mental health services are often the least accessible for the students most likely to need them.
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Nov 13, 2024 |
sigtrib.com | Briana Mendez-Padilla |bySamantha Diaz
The Long Beach Unified School District is officially moving forward with the closure of Hudson Elementary at the end of the 2024-2025 school year. The board passed the closure plan at their Nov. 6 meeting with four votes in favor and one against. Student board member Alana Arroyo’s preferential vote was in favor. The district’s facilities team presented research on the school’s dwindling enrollment numbers and capacity usage at the Oct. 16 meeting.
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Sep 13, 2024 |
localnewsmatters.org | Briana Mendez-Padilla |Adam Echelman
Despite the Los Angeles Harbor College student ID that proves otherwise, Citlali Gonzalez hasn’t felt like a college student. Yes, she recently finished her associate degree in human services and, yes, she is transferring to Cal State Dominguez Hills this fall. Still, as someone who for the past year has been mostly taking online classes, college doesn’t feel like the social experience she’d imagined fresh out of high school five years ago.
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RT @SignalTribune: Between calls to action and a constant reaffirmation of support for marginalized student populations, a group of around…
RT @MDRC_News: Individualized tutoring can combat chronic absenteeism, reports @brianampadilla @K12DiveNews. https://t.co/wY6IlG3cb5
RT @SignalTribune: The Long Beach Unified school board completed a quarterly self-evaluation of their progress in prioritizing student outc…