Jennifer Bowman

4 weeks ago | inewsource.org | Jennifer Bowman

By Adam Echelman, CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Over 2,500 miles from Washington D.C., in a windowless meeting room at a San Diego community college, President Donald Trump’s fight with higher education is playing out. “This presidential thing, we will not let that happen here at Mesa College,” said Lucio Lira, the coordinator at the college’s “pride center,” as an audience of over 50 students, faculty and staff applauded loudly.

1 month ago | inewsource.org | Jennifer Bowman

By Jennifer Vigil, Times of San DiegoFederal officials on Tuesday said the expansion of an overwhelmed South Bay sewage treatment plant will be accelerated and could be completed in just 100 days. According to the announcement, by the United States International Boundary and Water Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency. the project, to increase the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant’s capacity from 25 to 35 million gallons per day, has been fast-tracked.

1 month ago | inewsource.org | Jennifer Bowman

By Diana Lambert, EdSourceThis story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Malaya Peterkinand other preschoolers sat in bright blue chairs around a table on a recent afternoon, listening raptly to teacher Rachel Cepeda read a book about butterflies. Afterward, the children created butterfly-themed pieces of art. Malaya, age 5, attends the Head Start program at the Sharon Geese Early Learning Center in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood of Sacramento.

1 month ago | inewsource.org | Jennifer Bowman

By Diana Lambert, EdSourceThis story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Head Start supporters were relieved when President Donald Trump did not include funding cuts to the early education program in his proposed 2026 budget, released May 2. But that does not mean Head Start will emerge from budget negotiations unscathed.

1 month ago | inewsource.org | Jennifer Bowman

By John Fensterwald, Diana Lambert, Emma Gallegos and Zaidee Stavely, EdSourceThis story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. President Donald Trump would maintain funding levels for students with disabilities and for Title I aid for low-income students while wiping out long-standing programs serving migrant children, teachers in training, college-bound students, English learners and adult learners in the education budget for fiscal 2026.