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Quinn O'Conner at the Janss Steps on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Aug. 18, 2021. O'Conner was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy when she was 1 years old and is an advocate for disabled UCLA students. Photo by Benjamin Hanson for CalMatters College Journalism Network

New generation of disabled UC students revives activism

by Janelle Marie Salanga September 23, 2021September 23, 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

Newly-built student housing at UC Merced on August 2, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Higher Education

California commits $500 million more to student housing: “A drop in the bucket”

by Mikhail Zinshteyn September 16, 2021September 23, 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

That student in your community college class could be a bot

by Emma Hall, Matthew Reagan, Charlotte West and Mikhail Zinshteyn September 2, 2021September 3, 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

An illustration shows a student standing on an arrow that diverges in three directions. California lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at making it easier for California Community College students to transfer a state four-year campus. Image via iStock

Higher Education

Could this plan ease transfer woes for California Community College students?

by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 26, 2021October 11, 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

Sacramento State student Madeline Waters prepares a meal, in her Sacramento home with ingredients provided by CalFresh on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters College Journalism Network

Colleges rush to sign students up for food stamps, as pandemic rules make more eligible

by Alejandra Salgado August 18, 2021August 23, 2021