Education‘Everybody assumes that it’s like the rest of California and it’s not’: Rural LGBTQ students and administrators describe campus strife.June 18, 2023In rural and conservative-leaning towns and cities across California, LGBTQ+ student groups are small in number and face homophobic and transphobic incidents on and off campus. Some help is on the way.
EnvironmentCalifornia Schools Start Hatching Heat Plans as the Planet WarmsJune 17, 2023State researchers offer recommendations on how schools can become more heat-resilient in the face of global warming. Proposed changes to state law could make it easier to build shade structures.
SCUSD raises Pride flag after school board unanimously recognizes month honoring LGBTQ+ communityJune 14, 2023 | Srishti PrabhaThis is the second time the Pride flag has been hoisted at the Serna Center, the first being for Trans Day of Visibility in March.
The way Sacramento pays for arts education is broken. Here’s what could help.June 14, 2023 | Srishti PrabhaProposition 28 in 2022 marked a historic investment for arts education. That, along with an arts block grant, were to be the panacea for three decades of non-existent arts education. However, funding limitations prompt more questions than solutions.
EducationFrustration after a fire: Recovery for rural schools can be long and complexJune 11, 2023Staff, students and families in remote towns of state still struggling with homelessness years after fires
EducationCalifornia expands partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to make free books available to kids under 5June 8, 2023All Californians under 5 will be eligible for a free monthly book in English or Spanish thanks to the expansion of a partnership between California and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
EducationAmid pockets of rising student homelessness, California districts tap Covid funding to help familiesJune 4, 2023The federal money helps identify more students who lack housing.
PolitiFact California‘It’s not for them to decide’: Elk Grove Maidu family on regulating tribal regalia at graduation ceremoniesJune 1, 2023 | Janelle SalangaIn 2019, California enacted a bill which codified California high school students’ right to wear cultural or tribal regalia during graduation ceremonies. Still, families face procedural hoops to jump through — which a task force aims to rectify.
