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First grade teacher Mary Samis gives students instructions on the first day of in-person classes at Arroyo Vista Elementary School in Rancho Santa Margarita on September 29, 2020. Arroyo Vista is offering both full day in-person classes and half-day hybrid instruction. Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG

Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools

by Ana B. Ibarra and Mikhail Zinshteyn December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Families gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland to protest the continuation of public school closures across California on Dec. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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

by Ricardo Cano December 8, 2020December 9, 2020

C.A.T.S student Isaac Portillo sits in South Central LA’s Bethune Park on Nov. 29, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

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

by Ricardo Cano December 3, 2020January 8, 2021

A special education pre-k class that has been permitted to reopen amid coronavirus concerns on the Lu Sutton Elementary school campus in Novato on Oct. 27, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

What Prop. 15’s defeat means for California schools

by Ricardo Cano November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Special education instructor Liz Duffield sprays down the tables in her pre-k and kindergarten classroom at the end of the school day on Oct. 26, 2020. Duffield says that sanitizing and hand washing has become an important part of keeping herself and her students healthy and she intends to continue with them after the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

What we know so far about school reopenings in California

by Ricardo Cano and James Bikales November 2, 2020November 4, 2020

First grade teacher Mary Samis gives students instructions on the first day of in-person classes at Arroyo Vista Elementary School in Rancho Santa Margarita on September 29, 2020. Arroyo Vista is offering both full day in-person classes and half-day hybrid instruction. Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG

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

by Ricardo Cano October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

Diana Marrone helps her daughter Sienna, 5, into her backpack at their Oakley home before leaving for school on Sept. 22, 2020. Marrone, who works full time, enrolled Sienna in a private Christian school so she would have in-person instruction. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California for all? Few public schools pursuing elementary waivers

by Ricardo Cano September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

California has fewer children, but they face greater challenges — from poverty to COVID. Image via iStock

Children and Youth

The hurdles facing California kids, explained

by Elizabeth Aguilera September 21, 2020January 22, 2021

COVID testing of teachers, staff hotly debated as California schools reopen

by Barbara Feder Ostrov September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

A delivery of state-supplied masks, face shields, no-touch thermometers, and hand sanitizer arrive for when Kern County schools are able to open for in-person instruction. Photo courtesy of Kern County Office of Education

Behind the ‘Wild West’ of school reopenings

by Ricardo Cano and Ana B. Ibarra September 4, 2020September 4, 2020