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Challenged by Covid, the Class of 2022 looks ahead to better days
EdSource spoke with members of California's Class of 2022 on their unique high school experiences during COVID-19 and beyond.
California expanding community college baccalaureate programs
The community college baccalaureate program is on the precipice of expanding in California. Program proponents say the more advanced bachelor’s degree offerings by colleges that typically offer associate degrees are key to training California’s workforce and expanding degrees among the underserved students of California’s community college system.
Senate, Assembly agree California schools should receive billions more in unrestricted funding
Legislative leaders agreed this week that giving schools billions of dollars more in unrestricted funding would be their top priority in negotiations with Gov. Gavin Newsom over next year’s bountiful state budget.
Cost, emotional stress leading to enrollment challenges at colleges, study finds
Many adults across the United States who don’t attend college are interested in enrolling, but the high costs of attendance are preventing them from doing so. At the same time, significant numbers of students currently enrolled in college have recently considered dropping out, and they overwhelmingly point to emotional stress as the reason.
Bill would give low-income high school seniors checks near graduation
A state senator has introduced a bill to give low-income high school seniors who have experienced homelessness no-strings-attached checks as they prepare to graduate and get ready for higher education, job training or work.
California school enrollment over two decades: gains and losses by region with pandemic year drops
For two decades, K-12 enrollment in California was stable, hovering between 6.1 million and 6.2 million students. But within the state, there was movement: sharp enrollment declines in coastal counties – the rural north and urban Los Angeles and Orange County, where housing prices outpaced incomes – and sharp increases inland, as families moved east to bigger lots and cheaper homes.
Graduate profiles help districts prepare students for college and careers
In recent years, major reports and many education experts recommend that schools and communities come together to adopt a graduate profile, which defines the skills and knowledge students should have when they leave school, to create agreement about the changes that are needed.
Cal State board officially eliminates SAT/ACT for admissions
CSU’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to eliminate using standardized tests like the SAT and ACT for admission to its 23 campuses.
Newsom draws contrast with other states on new education reforms in State of the State Address
In a brief mention in a short State of the State Address on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom contrasted “reforms” in other states to prohibit the teaching of race and gender in schools to the “real transformation of our public education system” by “creating choices, real choices for parents and unprecedented support for their kids.”