Monica Velez
Staff Reporter at EdSource
Freelance reporter📍Bay Area, CA | Alum @edsource @seattletimes @fresnobee @kvpr | Always tip your bartender & local journalist | Hablo español | she/her/ella
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Mar 3, 2025 |
localnewsmatters.org | Monica Velez
IN A MOVE consistent with dozens of California school districts, West Contra Costa Unified board members have had to choose between eliminating staff and services for students or exploding its budget deficit. At the start of the debate at Wednesday night’s school board meeting, the district had proposed cutting about 177 staffing positions and, after nearly three hours of debate, the board voted 3-1 to cut all but eight.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
edsource.org | Layla Bakhshandeh |John Fensterwald |Monica Velez |Emma Gallegos
News Brief Monday, March 3, 2025 — 10:14 am The California Department of Education is taking the Cajon Valley Union School District to court over a sexual education curriculum the agency says discriminates against LGBTQ students. CDE filed a petition in San Diego Superior Court on Wednesday asking a judge to compel the district to implement corrective measures, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
edsource.org | Layla Bakhshandeh |John Fensterwald |Monica Velez |Emma Gallegos
News Brief Monday, March 3, 2025 — 10:52 am During high school, 40.4% of the class of 2024 in California took an Advanced Placement exam, according to new data released by the College Board. That’s higher than the national average of 35.7%, and it puts California at #10 for the states with the highest rate of AP test-takers. California’s numbers are 2.8 points higher than its numbers in 2014.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
edsource.org | Layla Bakhshandeh |John Fensterwald |Monica Velez |Diana Lambert
News Brief Monday, March 3, 2025 — 4:47 pm Linda McMahon was confirmed as the U.S. secretary of education by a 51-45 party line vote in the Senate this afternoon during a hearing punctuated by protests, according to NPR. McMahon formerly led the Small Business Administration and was CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. She has been criticized for her lack of education experience, which consists of a year on the Connecticut State Board of Education, according to NPR.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
kqed.org | Monica Velez
Feb 28Failed to save articlePlease try againUnited Teachers of Richmond gather at West Contra Costa school board meeting Wednesday to protest staff cuts approved a week earlier. (Monica Velez/EdSource)In a move consistent with dozens of California school districts, West Contra Costa Unified board members have had to choose between eliminating staff and services for students or exploding its budget deficit.
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