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The race for space: How today’s crowded study environments could affect college students’ performance

by Hannah Getahun March 31, 2021April 1, 2021

Alexis Hawkins shows an instructional video in her yard on January 23, 2021. Photo by Arlene Banuelos for CalMatters

Nursing schools turn to simulations during the pandemic. But do they work?

by Shehreen Karim March 23, 2021March 22, 2021

Jonathan, 4, works on an art project with help from his therapist, left, and mother, Natalia Acosta, right, during online preschool at his him in Tracy on March 3, 2021. He is among California's special-needs students who have faced special challenges during the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Special-needs children still seek help after year adrift

by Ricardo Cano and Elizabeth Aguilera March 22, 2021March 23, 2021

Theater major Fatemeh Mehraban waits in her bedroom for instructions during a Zoom rehearsal for American River College's production of ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata” in Sacramento on Nov. 4, 2020. The second production the ARC theater department put on since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the play was performed live over Zoom rather than pre-recorded. "It's an interesting cross between film and theater," Mehraban said of the production. "It's a weird little in between space but it's cool that we're getting to experience it." Photo by Ashley Hayes Stone for CalMatters

Photo Essay: College, Interrupted

by Max Abrams, Logan Bik, Shae Hammond, Ashley Hayes-Stone, Rahul Lal and Pablo Unzueta March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has changed Californians in hundreds of ways in the past year. Many of those changes left data trails. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters; iStock

Fewer jobs, more wine: California’s deadly COVID year in 9 charts

by Jeremia Kimelman and Ben Christopher March 17, 2021April 20, 2021

Alisal Elementary School first grade instructor Erin Salcido teaches class on March 4, 2021, in Pleasanton. Photo by Aric Crabb, Bay Area News Group

Desk spacing arguments rage as big school districts plan April reopening

by Ricardo Cano March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

I was looking for statistics on campus police stops. Then I became one.

by Julian Mendoza March 11, 2021March 12, 2021

Campus police look on as a crowd forms in the Quad over a religious demonstration at Cal State University, Fullerton on Oct. 22, 2018. Photo by Riley Mcdougall, The Daily Titan

UC, Cal State police much less diverse than the students they serve

by Omar Rashad and Katherine Swartz March 10, 2021March 12, 2021

Parents drop off their childern as Assistant Principal Janette Van Gelderen, left, welcomes students at Newhall Elementary in Santa Clarita on Feb. 25, 2021. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

California’s make-or-break reopening has arrived

by Lauren Hepler, Ricardo Cano and Ben Christopher March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

TK student Jake Schuman, 5, holds up a sign during a rally to reopen schools at Astro Park in Oakland on Feb. 28, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Newsom, lawmakers unveil plan to push some schools to reopen by April 1

by Ricardo Cano, Laurel Rosenhall and Barbara Feder Ostrov March 1, 2021March 2, 2021