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Jan 7, 2022 · California education issues to watch in 2022 — and predictions of what will happen. The 2021-22 school year was supposed to have been a rebound to normalcy, with Covid in the rear-iew mirror. Instead, midway through, the year has been “shock and overload,” with teachers and administrators “working harder and losing ground,” as Mike ...
Jan 4, 2024 · California education issues to watch in 2024 — and predictions. Cheers! A big state budget deficit and contentious ballot initiatives await. Students at Sutton Middle School compare and contrast songs representing different eras in history during an International Baccalaureate immersion day.
Jan 5, 2023 · Two straight years have brought a deluge of state revenue, but in 2023-24, the state will start draining the aquifer. Even if California dodges an outright recession, income from a progressive income tax will fall; the Legislative Analyst’s Office is predicting a Proposition 98 deficit of several billion dollars.
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Feb 3, 2020 · Few goals in education have been as frustrating and urgent as the effort to fix the deep, generational disparity in achievement between the haves and the have-nots in California schools. It is an article of faith in the K-12 school system that every student — regardless of race, creed, wealth or color — can and should be academically ...
News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in California. ... Student mental health and behavioral issues have become a major drain on district resources as social media use has risen.
Oct 25, 2022 · Statewide, the percentage of students meeting or exceeding state standards declined by 4 percentage points (from 51% to 47%) for English language arts and 7 percentage points (from 40% to 33%) for mathematics from the last pre-pandemic tests in 2018-19. As with California’s other crises, academic achievement is trending in the wrong direction ...
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Aug 3, 2023 · The students argued that California had violated their constitutional right to a free education. The state settled in 2020, and agreed to implement a $50 million block grant to address literacy in 75 of California’s poorest-performing schools. The grant will run out this December.
