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The state is letting child care centers remain open to support those fighting coronavirus, but providers and parents alike are still feeling the strain.

With the coronavirus pandemic raging and 99% of schools likely closed through summer, state education authorities are urging families to do their best with online classes, PBS and homeschooling. How it all will work out is unclear.

The governor told California parents the SAT and other standardized testing would be canceled and the state would help with supplies to homeschool.

California is about to embark on an enormous, unplanned experiment in remote learning — and no one knows how long it will last.

CalMatters is tracking school closures for the coronavirus crisis. Check here for updates. 

More than 5.7 million K-12 California children, including more than nine out of 10 public school students, will be home from school starting Monday after a majority of the state’s school districts announced emergency closures to stem the novel coronavirus’ spread. In a wave of announcements triggered Friday by the Los Angeles and San Diego […]

Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if their education is disrupted, long-term? How protected are we if schools cancel class but kids then disperse to malls and bounce houses and movie theaters?

As the campaign conceded on Wednesday, the first statewide school bond to go down to defeat in two decades went out, not with a bang, but with a tweet.  

For 20 years, Californians have routinely supported school bonds. This time, up and down the ballot, the returns aren't looking so positive.