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Dec 10, 2024 | 
timesofsandiego.com | Kelcie Lee
College athletes are often in the news because of their achievements on fields or in arenas, or because of the fame resulting from the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision to allow amateur athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses, or NIL. But what is sometimes overlooked is that these athletes are also trying to get through college.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Calista Stocker |Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee
News Brief Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:24 am Cal Poly Luis Obispo will lead the development of a new urban forestry strategic plan for California. The initiative, in partnership with Cal Fire, was created by state legislation in an effort to address climate change, enhance equity in green space access and foster healthier communities, according to a media release from the university. The plan is expected to boost canopy cover by 10% over the next 10 years.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Calista Stocker |Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee
News Brief Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:25 am Bettye Lusk, a Monterey Peninsula Unified trustee, began her one-year term as president of the California School Boards Association during its annual conference last week. She succeeds Albert Gonzalez, who served in 2024. “It’s a tremendous honor to be selected as CSBA president by my peers across the state,” Lusk said in a prepared statement.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kelcie Lee
Credit: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report OnlineCollege athletes are often in the news because of their achievements on fields or in arenas, or because of the fame resulting from the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision to allow amateur athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses, or NIL. But what is sometimes overlooked is that these athletes are also trying to get through college.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee |Karen D'Souza |John Fensterwald
News Brief Monday December 9, 2024 9:51 am The San Diego Unified School District is considering building 1,000 units of income-restricted housing — which could house up to 10% of its employees in the next 10 years, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “The time has come for us to set some bold but achievable long-term goals together,” Lee Dulgeroff, San Diego Unified’s facilities executive director, said at a board workshop last week, according to the Tribune.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee |Karen D'Souza |John Fensterwald
News Brief Monday December 9, 2024 9:20 am As the inauguration of President Donald Trump nears, many international students are rethinking their holiday travel plans — and their post-graduation opportunities, the Los Angeles Times reported. USC, where roughly a quarter of its student body is international, has already advised students to skip or limit any travel outside of the United States after the semester ends. “A new presidential administration will take office on Jan.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
dailycal.org | Kelcie Lee
Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD,school board candidates Jen Corn and Ana Vasudeo secured their win in the election, pushing out incumbent Laura Babitt. Noting the upcoming Donald Trump presidency, Corn and Vasudeo said they were both concerned for vulnerable populations within BUSD, such as undocumented and LGBTQ+ students, and said they would protect them. Both Corn and Vasudeo shared their priorities for their upcoming four-year terms on the school board, which will start Dec. 18.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
dailycal.org | Kelcie Lee
The city swept three protest encampments — Ohlone Park, Berkeley Corporation Yard and Fourth Street and Bancroft Way — Nov. 20 at approximately 7 a.m., citing various reasons in notices posted at the sites. Nonprofit organization Where Do We Go, or WDWG, has since established another encampment by Berkeley Bowl West in response to the sweeps.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Sonya Christian |Emily Hamill |Kelcie Lee |Louis Freedberg
News Brief Thursday October 31, 2024 10:22 am Oakland Unified’s school board will soon be considering another round of possible school closures, according to the San Francisco Chronicle and Oaklandside. District staff presented several options to the school board on Oct. 23 for balancing the 2025-26 budget and closing a $95 million deficit.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Sonya Christian |Emily Hamill |Kelcie Lee |Louis Freedberg
News Brief Thursday October 31, 2024 10:32 am The California Department of Education issued new guidance this month for schools on how to protect student health during wildfires. The guidance is intended to help school districts, county offices of education and charter schools make decisions about whether to cancel classes or modify recess or other school activities when there is wildfire smoke.
