By Srishti Prabha | OBSERVER Staff Writer - The Office of Education aspires to have a clinician in every school, but progress has stalled and current projections indicate it might not be achieved until 2050. However, schools such as Ethel I. Baker Elementary demonstrate promising potential.
COVID-19 exacerbated the youth mental health crisis, especially with students of color. The county Office of Education aims to have a clinician in every school. While progress is slow, schools such as Ethel I. Baker Elementary demonstrate potential.
Here are the stories of four schools and how they are teaching the youngest students how to read. The schools are among the 70 lowest-performing in the state. They are sharing in $50 million in extra funding that settled a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to teach literacy.
California settled a lawsuit over literacy by giving 70 schools with the lowest 2019 test scores extra funding to teach children to read. Less than half of all third graders in the state scored at grade level in reading.
Creel, 62, taught in the Sacramento City Unified School District for 26 years, owns his Rancho Cordova home outright and receives a pension through the California State Teachers' Retirement System. The security he and other Sacramento educators feel was at the center of the eight-day strike that shut down city schools. The district spends about $35,000 a year.