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Funding for schools, community colleges to break $100 billion in Gov. Newsom’s proposed budget
Funding for schools and community colleges will rise to more than $100 billion for the first time under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget for next year, as state revenues continue to surge amid a pandemic that is filling hospitals and continuing to throw businesses and Californians off-kilter.
California education issues to watch in 2022 — and predictions of what will happen
EdSource's John Fensterwald makes predictions for the year ahead in California education, and invites you to predict how likely his forecasts are.
Hit hard by Covid, California high school seniors struggling toward graduation
This year, many seniors are either struggling to earn enough credits to graduate or, because of a new state law, are graduating with fewer credits and requirements than classes before them.
Thurmond plan would add 10,000 mental health clinicians to California schools
Prospective mental health clinicians could get up to $25,000 in scholarship money under legislation proposed Tuesday by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond intended to bolster mental health services for California students.
New Long Beach City College president helps students overcome obstacles
In an interview with EdSource, incoming superintendent-president of Long Beach City College Mike Muñoz discussed additional plans he has to help students with housing, child care and more.
New report: California must address imbalance of too many eligible students and not enough slots at UC and CSU
A new report released by The Campaign for College Opportunity highlights that more eligible students are applying to the University of California and California State University campuses than those colleges can admit. The lack of capacity means that fewer qualified Latino and Black students are applying to these universities.
With standardized testing out, what’s next for University of California admissions?
The University of California’s historic move to abandon standardized exams may not be the last of changes coming to the admissions process for the public university system.
Why some California school districts are changing how students earn grades
Some of California’s largest school districts are trying an unconventional tactic to help students re-engage in school after distance learning and boost their chances of acceptance into the state’s public colleges: by dropping D and F grades.
California data system to help with education planning moves closer to reality
California this week officially kicked off its first attempt at a statewide education data system to provide trend information to help students and families with college and career planning.