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Newsom, Lawmakers Reach Deal Incentivizing Schools To Reopen By April Listen Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. A parent places a face shied on a student outside of Newhall Elementary School Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Elementary school students returned to school this week in the Newhall School District. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Updated Friday, 5:22 p.m. After months of nego...

The decisions to reopen, however, still rest with school officials and labor unions. Newsom hopes the funding bill will prod them into holding in-person classes. A vote is expected Thursday. Story from @CalMatters.

/ Families gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland to protest the continuation of public school closures across California on Dec. 5, 2020. Amid a confusing tangle of power, it’s hard to figure out who’s responsible for whether California kids will get back in their classrooms. Let’s sort that out. Increasingly exasperated that most public schools remain closed even as coronavirus cases plummet nearly a year into the pandemic, California parents are taking to the streets. They’re prote...

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When should teachers get the COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 1B? States issue different plans for essential workers States plan to vaccinate teachers at different times when the rollout expands to essential workers. and last updated 2020-12-21 21:37:48-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Teachers, grocery workers and police officers are among those slated to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the next phase, but there is still debate about how best to prioritize those industries during the rollout. After the vac...

Debate over returning to in-person classes heats up as Californians face likelihood of all remote learning in 2021 Dec. 18, 2020Coronavirus MORE Baldwin Hills School, like many other LAUSD campuses, have stayed empty for long months during this coronavirus pandemic. With distance learning, grades and attendance are down, and there’s a renewed push to get students back to in-person classes. Photo by Amy Ta. The damage caused by months of distance lear...

1. California takes on Big Tech Christian Ramirez-Gallegos sorts packages at Amazon’s fulfillment center south of Fresno. Photo by Eric Paul Zamora, The Fresno Bee California cracked down on Big Tech on Monday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra, fresh off a lawsuit against Facebook, accused Amazon of withholding information amid a state investigation into its coronavirus safety protocols and asked a superior court judge to order the e-commerce giant to comply with outstanding subpoenas, CalMatt...

California teachers push to be near front of COVID vaccine line FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Cindy Evans, a middle school special education teacher, sets up her classroom board at her classroom at San Jose Middle School in Novato.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Special education teacher Cindy Evans goes over classroom work after teaching at San Jose Middle School in Novato.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of6 Cindy Evans, a m...