Ricardo Cano

Ricardo Cano

Ricardo Cano covers California education for CalMatters. Cano joined CalMatters in September 2018 from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, where he spent three years as the education reporter. Cano has been a finalist for three awards, a Livingston Award for Young Journalists honoring outstanding achievement by professionals under the age of 35, an Education Writers Association award for data journalism and two consecutive Arizona Press Club awards for public service journalism.

Lucia Soares helps her two younger children, Emily, 9, and Daniel, 16, with their school work in their Modesto home. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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Coronavirus

Newsom: Coronavirus likely to close California schools for rest of the year

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Coronavirus

School closures: Has the coronavirus pandemic shut down your school?

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Disaster Days

Schools shut down in massive numbers across California amid coronavirus fears

California’s Prop. 13 school bond is officially defeated

Education

California’s Prop. 13 school bond is officially defeated

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K-12 Education

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Fate of huge California bond to update school facilities hangs in balance

California schools brace for a coronavirus disruption

Health

California schools brace for a coronavirus disruption

California will pay millions to settle suit claiming it violated children’s rights by not teaching them to read

K-12 Education

California will pay millions to settle suit claiming it violated children’s rights by not teaching them to read

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Disaster Days

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