Schools need additional funding to cope with pandemic crisis, voters say
Credit: Josie Norris/Los Angeles Times/PolarisFourth Grade Teacher Jacquelyn Walker instructs Tunette Powell, 34, as to the log in information as…
Quick Guide: Proposition 15, the proposed ’split-roll’ tax on commercial property
California voters will decide on Election Day what’s been perpetually talked about for decades but never, until now, put on…
Budget deferrals today could force schools into a $23 billion hole next year
Photo: Alison Yin/EdSourcePhoto: Alison Yin/EdSourceRobert ManwaringJuly 22, 2020With only weeks left until Congress leaves for its August recess, time is…
Helping English learners succeed should be a top priority for schools amid the pandemic
Photo: Alison Yin/EdSourcePhoto: Alison Yin/EdSourceAnya HurwitzJuly 8, 2020The California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have come to an agreement on…
Small California school districts face overwhelming challenges to reopen schools
Photo: Louis Freedberg/EdSource Social distancing sign in Albany, CaliforniaPhoto: Louis Freedberg/EdSource Social distancing sign in Albany, CaliforniaCalifornia’s smallest school districts…
Guide to California’s education budget deferrals: pros, cons and costs of delayed payments
Photo by Alison Yin for EdSource (2017)High school seniors participate in the engineering academy at Oakland Technical High School in…
Community colleges struggle with students’ food needs as pandemic increases demand
Photo: Samantha HernandezWest Valley College hosts a drive-thru food distribution every week.Photo: Samantha HernandezWest Valley College hosts a drive-thru food…
California school leaders ambivalent as they await vote on state budget
PHOTO: CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATSAssemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) presents the budget bill on the Assembly floor on June 15. PHOTO:…
Superintendents, school boards attack ban on layoffs they suspect could be in state budget
Photo: Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/PolarisSean Brandlin, 8th grade social studies at El Segundo Middle School after his school closed…
No deal yet on California school funding; Legislature ready to pass its own budget
Photo by Dave Parker / Flicker The California Capitol dome in Sacramento.Photo by Dave Parker / Flicker The California Capitol…
