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Pushing California schools to help at-risk kids

by Dan Walters June 22, 2021June 21, 2021

A case in San Bernardino opens a new avenue to compel California school districts to improve the educations of students at risk of failure.

Gov. Gavin Newsom randomly selects cash prize winners at the California Lottery Building in Sacramento on June 4, 2021. Photo by Laurel Rosenhall, CalMatters

Newsom reopening comments backfire: State of emergency to stay

by Emily Hoeven June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

Teachers carrying cards and bouquets of flowers leave the Cleveland Elementary School campus on the last day of school, May 27, 2021 in Oakland. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Can California withstand a teacher retirement boom?

by Eli Wolfe June 1, 2021June 28, 2021

A firefighting helicopter flies away after dropping water over a brush fire scorching at least 100 acres in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Saturday, May 15, 2021. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

It’s mid-May: Welcome to wildfire season

by Emily Hoeven May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Eli Broad was a passionate school reformer

by Dan Walters May 4, 2021May 3, 2021

Key reason unemployment rate fell: Californians dropped out of workforce

by Emily Hoeven April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

State halves desk-spacing rule — will more schools reopen full-time?

by Emily Hoeven March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond speaks at a press conference at Blue Oak Elementary School in Shingle Springs, CA on October 31, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Where is Tony Thurmond? State schools chief stays behind the scenes in school reopening debate

by Laurel Rosenhall March 4, 2021March 7, 2021

Second-grader Quinn Stevens, 7, carries a sign during a rally to reopen publish schools for in-person instruction at Astro Park in Oakland on Feb. 28, 2021. “I miss my friends,” said Quinn on why she wants to return to the classroom. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Will new school reopening plan work?

by Emily Hoeven March 2, 2021March 2, 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