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Food service manager Nakheu Saephanh hands out boxes of food to family members at La Escuelita in Oakland on June 7, 2021. Oakland Unified has been providing boxes for pick up or delivery containing seven days worth of breakfast, lunch and snacks to all students since spring 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inK-12 Education

Will California public schools continue free lunches for all?

Avatar photo by Sameea Kamal June 8, 2021April 19, 2023

Legislators want to spend $650 million a year to continue a pandemic program for free meals for all California public school students. They got their way in the budget deal with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Posted inPolitics

Is this the year the California Legislature closes the digital divide?

Avatar photo by Ben Christopher April 29, 2021April 19, 2023
Kiki Hall, who lives in Southeast Fresno, shares an internet connection with as many as eight other people in her home throughout the day leading to slow connections and frequent outages. Photo courtesy of Samantha Phillips
Posted inEducation

How we analyzed why millions of California students lack broadband access

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Botts and Jeremia Kimelman April 28, 2021April 19, 2023
Mario Ramírez Garcia, 10, listen as his teacher addresses the class during distance learning in the bedroom he shares with his sister on April 23, 2021. According to their father, the internet connection at their Oakland home cuts out about twice a week, which is especially frustrating to the kids when they are taking tests. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

The wires may be there, but the dollars aren’t: Analysis shows why millions of California students lack broadband

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jackie Botts and Ricardo Cano April 28, 2021April 19, 2023
Oakland High School senior Mia Irvin-Pollard gets ready to start her work day as an intern for Okta Inc. from the apartment she shares with her grandmother on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Oakland. Photo by Aric Crabb, Bay Area News Group
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Fewer internships for Bay Area high school seniors to boost college apps

by Laurence Du Sault November 23, 2020April 19, 2023
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Where to get financial help during coronavirus in California — and is it enough?

Avatar photo by Jackie Botts June 29, 2020July 7, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Teachers notice rise in homelessness among kids

by Kate Cimini February 21, 2020April 19, 2023
Posted inCalifornia Divide

How is this poor, rural district keeping kids in school?

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias February 19, 2020April 19, 2023
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Central Valley schools aim to reduce poverty through job training

by Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado February 7, 2020April 19, 2023
Posted inCalifornia Divide

California has some of the best and worst places in U.S. for raising children, report finds

by Erica Hellerstein February 3, 2020April 19, 2023
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