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Gig by gig, adjunct faculty teach about half of the classes at California Community Colleges' 115 campuses. As the pandemic drives more students away, these modestly paid part-timers fear losing their jobs.

Is this the year for changes for adjunct faculty?

Flexible graduation requirements, summer programs and tutoring may have kept students in caps and gowns

A nonprofit organization reporting on key education challenges in California and beyond.

A nonprofit organization reporting on key education challenges in California and beyond.

As the pandemic took hold, more than 1 million children did not enroll in local schools. Many of them were the most vulnerable: 5-year-olds in low-income neighborhoods

December 30, 2020 Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is pandemic, with malarkey a distant runner-up. What else could it be? Like a strangler fig, Covid-19 enveloped all aspects of life and education in California. It uprooted families, turned bedrooms into classrooms, put friendships on ice. The comforting, daily rhythms of school interrupted are now measured in learning loss and screen time. There was other big news, too — monumental protests, election defeats, new college leaders. But mos...