Education

A district judge today barred the U.S. Department of Education’s initial rules about which students could have federal relief money from being enforced. The decision means undocumented students, among others, may receive money from California community colleges as part of the CARES Act. 

State education officials released recommendations for reopening more than 10,000 public schools this fall. They illustrate a number of drastic changes that will need to be made in order for students to practicing social distancing. Most notably, hybrid class schedules will mean a mix of classroom and online learning.

California’s extensive community college system is responsible for helping train a huge number of the state’s police officers. Eloy Ortiz Oakley, the system’s chancellor, wants to change the curriculum to help fight racism. 

Amid the nationwide debate about race and justice, the latest attempt to repeal California's ban on affirmative action programs.

The coronavirus has remade the college experience, pushing classes online and emptying campuses. But many California college students are also workers, and for those in the most essential occupations, that hasn’t changed — even as the state has endured a months-long lockdown.  College students are stocking grocery shelves, cooking takeout food at restaurants and caring […]

Schools plan for next year without knowing how much money they’ll have or which specific guidelines create the safest learning environment for students.

Changing some legal language from 2000 could free up $81 million for the system, but it still needs to find over a billion dollars in solutions.

The UC Board of Regents discussed possible ways to address imminent budget problems, including a 5% tuition increase, as well as complications to a fall reopening.

The University of California Board of Regents has done away with standardized testing as part of its admissions considerations for at least five years. In that time the system will see whether it can create its own test that’s more equitable to students of all backgrounds.

Lee este artículo en español. California college students cancelled their housing contracts and left their dorms en masse following the shift to online classes and statewide lockdown caused by the coronavirus. But at the University of California at Berkeley, several hundred stayed on campus, either because they couldn’t afford to make it home, did not have a […]