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Tag: Eloy Ortiz Oakley

San Francisco native Veronica Garcia sits for a portrait at Bernal Heights park on Feb. 18, 2021. Garcia says when she entered San Francisco City College in 2008 she was required to take remedial classes which caused her to take more than four years before she was able to transfer to a four-year university. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inEducation

Tens of thousands of community college students still taking unnecessary remedial classes

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

A 2017 law started to phase out remedial courses at community colleges, but while there’s been progress, many students still end up taking classes experts say they don’t need.

Los colegios comunitarios de California como Butte College recibirán una ayuda federal sustancialmente mayor que en marzo. Foto de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Mil millones de dólares en ayuda federal va llegar a los colegios comunitarios de California y sus estudiantes

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn December 23, 2020December 28, 2020
Posted inCommentary, Education

Why President-elect Biden should nominate Eloy Ortiz Oakley to lead the Education Department

by Guest Commentary December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
David Lewis, 29, left school at Long Beach City College after struggling to manage online classes with his job at Trader Joe's. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inCollege Beat

Community college enrollment falls as students grapple with job loss, online learning

Avatar photo by Emma Hall and Tess Kazenoff November 18, 2020December 15, 2020
Retrato de la Dra. Melina Abdullah, expresidenta del departamento de estudios panafricanos de Cal State Los Ángeles y cofundadora del capítulo de Los Ángeles de Black Lives Matter el 18 de agosto de 2020. Abdullah dice que la prohibición de la acción afirmativa ha sido "enormemente problemática tanto en términos de reclutamiento como de retención de profesores afroamericanos". Fotografía de Alexis Hunley para CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Una propuesta electoral que podría impulsar la equidad racial entre el profesorado universitario

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn August 20, 2020August 28, 2020
Posted inEducation

Here’s what community college students want to know about the coming year

by Ethan Edward Coston August 19, 2020August 19, 2020
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People hosted by the Center for the American Progress Action Fund and the SEIU at the Enclave in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 27, 2019. Photo by Gage Skimore via Flickr
Posted inWhatMatters

Who will Newsom pick for Harris’ Senate seat?

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven August 12, 2020August 12, 2020
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland in 2018. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr
Posted inHigher Education

California community colleges win suit on behalf of undocumented students

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 17, 2020June 17, 2020
A pedestrian crosses an empty intersection in San Francisco financial district at evening rush hour on May 7, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Many believe worst of pandemic yet to come

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven June 4, 2020June 4, 2020
A patrol car closes off Valencia Street in San Francisco after a group of protesters gathered in front of the Mission Police Station on May 30, 2020, the second day of Bay Area unrest over the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis. Later in the year, lawmakers approved two new laws that aim to improve policing. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
Posted inHigher Education

Community college chief wants police training changes

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 3, 2020June 10, 2020

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