Emma Gallegos

2 weeks ago | edsource.org | Emma Gallegos

April 10, 2025Manny Barbara is likely one of the most experienced people in the state when it comes to closing a school. He has helped six districts manage the closing of its schools. Barbara shares the wisdom that he’s learned from this experience. As California enrollment declines, how can districts navigate the difficult but sometimes necessary experience of closing a school?

3 weeks ago | stocktonia.org | Emma Gallegos

If you’re a Californian with an email address, you now have access to a whole new virtual bookshelf of 300,000 eBooks and audiobooks thanks to the California State Library. The project, California’s Bookshelf, can be accessed via The Palace Project app. Patrons have access to 70,000 unique titles in 20 languages across many genres, including young adult fiction and nonfiction and children’s books ranging from picture books to chapter books. There are 3,500 titles with no wait times.

3 weeks ago | localnewsmatters.org | Emma Gallegos

WHEN SCHOOLS SHUTTERED five years ago, many students like Benjamin Olaniyi turned to their phones to find connection during a profoundly unsettling and isolating time. “Social media made us feel more connected with the world,” said Olaniyi, who is now a junior at King/Drew Medical Magnet High School in Los Angeles. The pandemic struck in the spring of his sixth grade year, causing him to miss a school camping trip he had looked forward to.

3 weeks ago | piedmontexedra.com | Emma Gallegos

WHEN SCHOOLS SHUTTERED five years ago, many students like Benjamin Olaniyi turned to their phones to find connection during a profoundly unsettling and isolating time. “Social media made us feel more connected with the world,” said Olaniyi, who is now a junior at King/Drew Medical Magnet High School in Los Angeles. The pandemic struck in the spring of his sixth grade year, causing him to miss a school camping trip he had looked forward to.

3 weeks ago | lbpost.com | Emma Gallegos

Armado Hernandez places titles on a shelf as he relocates thousands of books into the new Billie Jean King Main Library in Long Beach in 2019. Photo by Thomas Cordova. This story originally appeared in EdSource. If you’re a Californian with an email address, you now have access to a whole new virtual bookshelf of 300,000 eBooks and audiobooks thanks to the California State Library.