Ricardo Cano

Education

Newsom’s school reopening plan puts tight deadlines on districts, legislature

Schools would have to offer in-person learning for primary students starting Feb. 16 in order to get the full funds under the governor’s $89.5 billion education budget. Lawmakers would need to meet deadlines in February and March, far earlier than normal.

By Ricardo Cano • January 11, 2021

CalMatters en Español

Los legisladores aumentan la presión para abrir escuelas ya que la mayoría permanecen cerradas este otoño

Un grupo de asambleístas han sido coautores de un proyecto de ley que requiere que las escuelas se abren físicamente al menos parcialmente la próxima primavera si su condado escapa al nivel púrpura del estado.

By Ricardo Cano • December 8, 2020

K-12 Education

Legislators increase pressure to open schools as most stay closed this fall

A phalanx of assemblymembers have co-authored a bill that would require schools to at least partially physically reopen next Spring if their county escapes the state’s purple tier.

By Ricardo Cano • December 8, 2020

Education

Students missing: A South L.A. high school confronts pandemic’s heavy toll

It took years to change the culture at this South L.A. high school in the nation’s second-largest school system. Then the coronavirus pandemic closed the schools, and some students went missing.

By Ricardo Cano • December 3, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Una escuela secundaria del sur de Los Ángeles enfrenta las consecuencias de la pandemia

Read this article in English. Kevin llegó a Los Ángeles desde Honduras en la primavera de 2019 con una educación de tercer grado. Hasta esta tarde de finales de otoño, parecía que solo existía en el papel, sin que su consejero académico y sus maestros se dieran cuenta de su paradero. El consejero Antonio Roque estaba […]

By Ricardo Cano • December 3, 2020

Education

What Prop. 15’s defeat means for California schools

The measure would have brought billions to California’s cash-strapped schools and community colleges, though not in time to help deal with immediate financial crises.

By Ricardo Cano • November 11, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Lo que sabemos hasta ahora sobre la reapertura de escuelas en California

A pesar de los limitados requisitos de evaluación, las escuelas de California que han reabierto para recibir instrucción en persona han evitado en gran medida los brotes de COVID-19. Aún así, algunos maestros y legisladores dicen que las pruebas de vigilancia a gran escala son necesarias para el resto de las escuelas del estado y que la falta de datos es un problema.

By Ricardo Cano and James Bikales • November 2, 2020

Education

What we know so far about school reopenings in California

Despite limited testing requirements, California schools that have reopened for in-person instruction have largely avoided COVID-19 outbreaks. Still, some teachers and legislators say large scale surveillance testing is necessary to the rest of the state’s schools and that lack of data is a problem.

By Ricardo Cano and James Bikales • November 2, 2020

Education

It’s complicated: School reopenings, hybrid learning look different across California

As schools get the green light to reopen, the form their teaching will take will vary widely, sometimes even within the same district.

By Ricardo Cano • October 8, 2020

Education

California for all? Few public schools pursuing elementary waivers

Almost every waiver application for in-person instruction for grades K-6 has been approved by the state for schools in counties deemed a high risk. But private schools comprise an overwhelming majority of those schools, creating an equity problem.

By Ricardo Cano • September 24, 2020

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