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Understanding the debate behind California’s new math framework

by Joe Hong November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

Dalal Erekat at her home in El Cajon on Oct. 14, 2021. Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters

Not on the menu: Halal, kosher options limited in California school lunches

by Joe Hong October 19, 2021October 18, 2021

Ethnic studies becomes graduation requirement for California students

by Joe Hong October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Ezuma Ekomo Ble, a senior at Milpitas High School, receives her COVID-19 vaccine in a locker room at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on May 11, 2021. Photo by Dylan Bouscher, Bay Area News Group

One loophole remains in student COVID-19 vaccination mandate

by Joe Hong October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Sisters Guadalupe Flores, 15, right, and Estela Flores, 13, left, from East Los Angeles, get vaccinated with the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine by licensed vocational nurse Rita Orozco at Esteban E. Torres High School in Los Angeles. The city has required all students 12 and older to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to participate in on-campus instruction. Now the state of California is following with its own mandate. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

Student COVID vaccinations: California becomes first state to require them for kids 12 and up

by Joe Hong October 1, 2021October 1, 2021

Ellie sits in her room with a behavioral therapist during class time in Monrovia, on Sept. 15, 2021. "There is no way to go back with 37 kids in a classroom," Julie Fitzgibbons, the mother of triplets, said. "With masks and not being able to communicate very well, and autism, there is just no way we can go back like normal." Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Students with disabilities across California stuck in limbo

by Joe Hong September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

Sisters Guadalupe Flores, 15, right, and Estela Flores, 13, left, from East Los Angeles, get vaccinated with the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine by licensed vocational nurse Rita Orozco at Esteban E. Torres High School in Los Angeles. The city has required all students 12 and older to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to participate in on-campus instruction. Now the state of California is following with its own mandate. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

Other school districts in no rush to follow Los Angeles Unified vaccine mandate

by Joe Hong September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

Mario Ramirez Garcia, 10, attends online class in the bedroom he shares with his sister on April 23, 2021. “It’s funner in real school,” said Mario of distance learning. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Quarantining students could get more instruction with proposed independent study changes

by Joe Hong September 8, 2021September 9, 2021

Rising first graders walk to their classroom at the start of the day during summer session at Laurel Elementary in Oakland on June 11, 2021. Laurel is a hub program for five district schools hosting 120 kids for the summer with a focus on resocialization in addition to academics. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Not enough subs: California schools face severe teacher shortage

by Joe Hong September 1, 2021August 31, 2021

Kayden Christiansen and his mother, Heather Christiansen, at their home in Simi Valley. Kayden, a fifth-grader, was in quarantine for 10 days shortly after his California school reopening. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Quarantined: A new law is disrupting California school reopenings

by Joe Hong August 25, 2021August 27, 2021