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Tag: early childhood education

head start programs
Posted inCommentary

Legislature’s child care proposal overlooks the most vulnerable

by Guest Commentary June 13, 2022June 10, 2022

Despite an unprecedented budget surplus, funding to meet the state’s goal of expanding Head Start programs has remained elusive. Instead, hundreds of Head Start classrooms statewide are closed because of the inability to hire staff to serve children.

Students listen to their teacher during their first day of transitional kindergarten at Tustin Ranch Elementary School on Aug. 12, 2021. Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP
Posted inEducation

Some California school districts launch transitional kindergarten without state help

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 20, 2022April 20, 2022
Posted inChildren and Youth

Omicron blazes through California child care providers already reeling from COVID

by Elizabeth Aguilera January 26, 2022January 26, 2022
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

How will California spend $150 billion windfall?

by Dan Walters March 21, 2021March 22, 2021
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Pandemic relief package has a downside

by Dan Walters February 22, 2021February 18, 2021
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

How do we close the economic divide?

by Dan Walters January 31, 2021February 1, 2021
early learning
Posted inMy Turn

New plan for children offers comprehensive system to meet learning needs

by Guest Commentary December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
Members of the Air National Guard look over a field hospital set up in the Fresno Convention Center to provide additional hospital beds in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee
Posted inWhatMatters

CA spent millions on hospitals for few patients

by Emily Hoeven May 21, 2020May 20, 2020
Posted inChildren and Youth

Big cuts could hit little Californians: $1 billion in preschool and child care dollars at risk

by Elizabeth Aguilera May 21, 2020June 8, 2020
The violent 1994 Northridge quake caused the collapse of the upper floor of the Northridge Meadows apartment complex, killing 16 people.
Posted inWhatMatters

Battle for PG&E, a coming housing crisis, transit funding, oil divestment and child care

by Dan Morain and Barbara Harvey July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

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