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California set to launch hundreds of community schools with $635 million in grants
Next week, California will jumpstart a seven-year initiative to convert potentially thousands of schools into full-service, parent-focused community schools. Approved a year ago by the Legislature, the $3 billion California Community Schools Partnership Program will be the nation’s most ambitious effort to create schools serving the multidimensional health and learning needs of children.
Why states and districts are struggling with ARP’s maintenance of equity
Different local accounting approaches and delays in actual spending figures have made implementation difficult, education experts say.
Newsom reaffirms commitment to annual increases for UC, CSU; imposes annual progress reports
Calling the investments a “game-changer” for California’s public universities, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday reaffirmed his pledge to give annual budget increases of 5% to the University of California and California State University systems over the next five years.
Billions more for California schools, colleges under Newsom's revised budget
With state revenues continuing to defy projections, schools and community colleges would receive a record $128 billion in funding in 2022-23 under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget, which he presented on Friday.
As businesses hunt for educated workers, states are loosening the purse strings for higher ed again
Thirty-eight governors raised the topic of higher education spending during their state-of-the-state addresses, an analysis by the National Governors Association found. Collectively, they called for increasing it by billions of dollars over the next five years.
4 high school students talk mental health and how the pandemic changed them
More than 2 in 5 teens have reported persistently feeling sad or hopeless, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey of high school students. Many who were already struggling with trauma or mental health problems before the pandemic were deeply affected by the prolonged isolation.
Here’s a solution for attracting more Black, Latino and Indigenous talent to STEM — Start early
Unless we address elementary school math education, we won’t have a pipeline, writes Xiaoxia Newton.
Parents, teachers say SEL is valued and needed in schools
Parents and teachers expressed strong and widespread support for incorporating social-emotional learning in K-12 schools, despite recent efforts to politicize the practice, according to two surveys released this week.
4 Steps to Building Your Own School Staffing Pipeline
School leaders across the country struggled to staff classrooms this winter during the omicron wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Not Adam Lane, the principal of Haines City Senior High School in Polk County, Fla., who always had a teacher in the classroom or a substitute ready to fill in. EdWeek sat down with him to learn how he built a staffing pipeline.