May 15, 2020

Por Vernon M. Billy, en exclusiva para CalMatters Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Los administradores y educadores trabajan en nuestras escuelas públicas porque cuidan de los niños y están comprometidos con su aprendizaje y crecimiento.  Estamos […]

Schools must prepare to do more with less as the fall term approaches. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget proposal includes steep cuts to California school districts, many of whom were already spending beyond their means.

While student financial aid remains largely intact, California's public colleges and universities not only lose what the governor proposed in January, but can expect 10% less in the coming year. Brace for online classes and a debate about raising tuition.

Revised budget includes big cuts to education, health care. School districts to make own decisions on reopening. CSU student fees scrutinized by auditor.

The decision to reopen schools must be based on what makes sense for students academically and from a health perspective.

Undergraduates who enrolled at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this year paid $5,742 in tuition — less than many of their peers at public universities nationwide, one reason a California State University education is often lauded as a path to upward mobility for the state’s low-income students. But they also had to pony up more […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequalities across California for one-third of the residents who don’t have access to safe outdoor places.