K-12 Education

Members of the Legislature put forward a bill to require schools to reopen by mid-April and guarantee that teachers get offered a COVID-19 vaccine beforehand. The lawmakers have said they’ll vote on the bill next week without hearings and Gov. Gavin Newsom has signaled that he'll veto it if it reaches him.

It’s time to put our children’s well-being at the center of this discussion and get them back in the classroom.

My school in Oakland has reopened with protocols in place to keep our students, teachers and staff members safe and healthy.

Missing kindergarten has always led to learning gaps. The pandemic has exacerbated the problem by creating a larger than normal cohort of kids that will need extra attention next school year.

La vacunación de los maestros se ha convertido en un escollo central en las conversaciones entre distritos y sindicatos para los estudiantes que regresan en persona. El suministro limitado de vacunas y el final del año escolar que se acerca rápidamente podrían amenazar algunos planes de reapertura.

Perderse el jardín de infancia siempre ha provocado brechas en el aprendizaje. La pandemia ha agravado el problema al crear una cohorte de niños más grande de lo normal que necesitará atención adicional el próximo año escolar.

Self-interested attacks by teacher unions on the governor bring us no closer to balanced policy on how to reopen schools.

Los funcionarios del gobierno estatal, las escuelas y los sindicatos de maestros aún no pueden ponerse de acuerdo sobre un marco para reabrir las escuelas públicas de California. El tiempo para que los niños regresen a las aulas este año escolar se está acabando.

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, January 27. State takes reins Six weeks into a vaccine rollout largely left to the counties, California is taking the helm in an attempt to streamline a chaotic and fragmented process that has resulted in one of the nation’s lowest rates of vaccine administration. The new strategy, which state health […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a record one-year enrollment drop of 155,000 students, according to state projections.