Karen D'Souza
Senior Reporter and Writer at EdSource
Award-winning journo. Staffer at @EdSource, 4-time Pulitzer juror, theater & film critic @mercnews, @ucbsoj alum
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2 weeks ago |
edsource.org | Karen D'Souza
News Brief Wednesday, April 30, 2025 — 9:20 am Caps, gowns and debt are on the minds of college grads this year, according to a new survey by the personal finance website WalletHub, just as the U.S. Department of Education goes back to collecting on defaulted student loans on May 5. Gobsmacking rises in tuition are fueling anxiety on campus these days as 81% of students think college costs are spiraling out of control. Nearly 1 in 4 students worry that high tuition is not a good investment.
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3 weeks ago |
edsource.org | Karen D'Souza
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3 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Karen D'Souza |Moisés Kaufman |Amanda Gronich
The banality of evil goes under the microscope in “Here There Are Blueberries.”Conceived and directed by Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater fame (“The Laramie Project,”) this 90-minute chiller tracks down the origins of an album of photographs sent to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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4 weeks ago |
edsource.org | Karen D'Souza |Yuxuan Xie |Justin Allen |Daniel Willis
A superior court judge has asked Sonoma State University to temporarily halt a plan that would discontinue 22 majors and six academic programs as part of a maneuver to plug the university’s almost $24 million budget shortfall. Judge Kenneth English’s temporary restraining order comes in response to a request by seven Sonoma State student-athletes, who sued the university to interrupt a proposal that also eliminates all NCAA Division II sports at the university.
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4 weeks ago |
edsource.org | Karen D'Souza
Sixteen California counties have fallen below the herd immunity marker against measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, amid a sprawling outbreak. A rise in vaccine skepticism stemming from pandemic discord, experts warn, may be driving the decline. School nurses and doctors are often on the front lines of battle to explain the need to immunize against once-controlled diseases. Before the pandemic, Lillian Lopez never questioned the safety of vaccines.
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