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Jan 13, 2025 | 
ocregister.com | Tony Thurmond
Map: See where the major fires are burning in Los Angeles County
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Zaidee Stavely |Betty Marquez Rosales |Amy DiPierro |Tony Thurmond
News Brief Monday October 28, 2024 9:20 am Chabot College’s library and learning center may be new — but it’s already attracting students back to the campus, with more than 35,000 students having visited so far this semester, the East Bay Times reported. Administrators at the college have said the building, the tallest on campus, has created a “renaissance” following the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Zaidee Stavely |Betty Marquez Rosales |Amy DiPierro |Tony Thurmond
News Brief Monday October 28, 2024 9:39 am As Bay Area teachers continue to struggle with affordable housing, two bond measures — Santa Clara Conty’s Measure R and San Mateo County’s Measure K — would support school facilities upgrades, including building affordable housing for educators and school staff, KQED reported. If Measure K is approved by voters, some of the $153 million would be allocated to construct housing for teachers.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Betty Marquez Rosales |Amy DiPierro |Tony Thurmond |Vani Sanganeria
News Brief Friday October 25, 2024 9:35 am Teachers overwhelmingly support restricting the student use of cellphones in the classroom, according to a survey by the Association of American Educators released earlier this month. The association surveyed 1,517 teachers across the country and found that 70% ranked cell phone use as one of their top five concerns. It ranked second behind academic achievement.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Betty Marquez Rosales |Amy DiPierro |Tony Thurmond |Vani Sanganeria
News Brief Friday October 25, 2024 10:20 am Mexican residents who live near the U.S. border can pay in-state tuition while attending community colleges in San Diego and Imperial County, according to KPBS, San Diego’s public radio station. Low-income Mexican residents who live within 45 miles of the U.S. border are eligible. Tuition at Southwestern College in Chula Vista is approximately $550 for California residents and $5,000 for non-residents, according to KPBS.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Tony Thurmond |Vani Sanganeria |Louis Freedberg
News Brief Thursday October 24, 2024 11:25 am Two task forces commissioned by UCLA have found both an increase in anti-semitism and an increase in anti-Palestinian harassment. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the UCLA Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias released a report this week finding antisemitism has gotten worse since Oct.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Tony Thurmond
Classrooms for career technical education are cramped, and the Wasco Union High School District hopes to expand them with Proposition 2. Credit: Emma Gallegos / EdSourceAfter decades of disinvestment and neglect, it’s clear that California’s schools are in desperate need of repair. Many school districts across the state are struggling with dilapidated buildings, old classrooms and unsafe conditions for their students.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Tony Thurmond |Vani Sanganeria |Louis Freedberg |Diana Lambert
News Brief Wednesday October 23, 2024 8:19 am Nearly 300 colleges and universities offering an associate degree or higher closed between 2008 and 2023, according to the Hechinger Report. While Covid-related enrollment declines have mostly stabilized, colleges are still dealing with the falling birth rate, which means fewer 18-year-olds graduating from high school.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Tony Thurmond |Vani Sanganeria |Louis Freedberg |Diana Lambert
News Brief Wednesday October 23, 2024 12:57 pm California State University is testing a program to admit certain Riverside County students before they formally fill out an application. Under a direct admission pilot announced in a press release Wednesday, Riverside County seniors on track to meet A-G requirements will receive a brochure offering them a fall 2025 admissions slot at selected Cal State campuses.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Tony Thurmond |Vani Sanganeria |Louis Freedberg |Diana Lambert
News Brief Wednesday October 23, 2024 9:55 pm Advocates of a $10 billion school construction bond on the statewide ballot are heading into the final two weeks with the majority of voters behind them, according to a survey of California voters. But with the defeat of a similar state bond initiative four years ago echoing in their heads, they have cause for worry whether the current slim margin of support will hold up.
