John Fensterwald
Editor-At-Large at EdSource
Reporter/Editor at Large @EdSource – comprehensive site exploring news, views, policies & data of California early ed, K-12, higher ed #CAStudentsMatter
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3 weeks ago |
stocktonia.org | John Fensterwald |Diana Lambert |Emma Gallegos |Amy DiPierro |Diana Lambert |Karen D'Souza | +3 more
TK-12 schools and community colleges can expect the same funding in 2025-26 that they received this year, plus a small cost-of-living adjustment, and there will be a big boost for early literacy, Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed Wednesday in the revision to his January state budget plan.
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3 weeks ago |
smdailyjournal.com | John Fensterwald |Diana Lambert |Emma Gallegos |Amy DiPierro
Schools and community colleges will be shielded from the pain facing other state services because of the revised forecast of a $12 billion drop in state revenues — which Newsom blamed on the “Trump slump,” the president’s erratic tariff and economic policies that are affecting California. For the University of California and California State University, the news was better than anticipated.
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3 weeks ago |
edsource.org | John Fensterwald
Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his revised 2025-2026 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 14, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Rich PedroncelliTK-12 schools and community colleges can expect the same funding in 2025-26 that they received this year, plus a small cost-of-living adjustment, and there will be a big boost for early literacy, Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed Wednesday in the revision to his January state budget plan.
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3 weeks ago |
stocktonia.org | John Fensterwald
A recent visit to Alpha: Cornerstone Academy, a TK-8 charter school in San Jose, offered a glimpse of high-impact tutoring. It was during the intervention period in third grade, when teacher specialists work in small groups. In one corner, four girls and a boy in their maroon Alpha school shirts sat around a horseshoe table, listening intently through earphones to their personal tutor from Ignite Reading, a growing Oakland-based public benefit corporation operating in 20 states.
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3 weeks ago |
edsource.org | John Fensterwald
Ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s release of his revised 2025-26 budget on Wednesday, John Fensterwald checked in with longtime budget watcher Rob Manwaring for his thoughts on what to expect. Manwaring is a fiscal and policy advisor for the nonprofit advocacy organization Children Now. TranscriptEvery year, by May 15, the governor has to revise his proposed budget, and this is when the budget season really kicks off.
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