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A fifth grade student watches a lesson on her computer during school. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education A fifth grade student watches a lesson on her computer during school. June 7, 2021 While parents and state officials are pushing to fully reopen campuses this fall, some families are fearful of sending their kids back into classrooms too soon. But options for distance learning this fall are unclear across the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he expects schools to fully reopen after the distance learning statute expires on June 30 and that students who want to continue with r...

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Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo April 30, 2021 Like a Category 4 hurricane, Covid-19 has undermined the state’s newly built California School Dashboard and system of state and county support for schools deemed to need help for poor performance. It could be a few years before the system is fully back up and running. Meanwhile, school districts and charter schools are getting tens of billions of dollars in state and federal Covid relief to spend. Advocates for low-income students are thrilled about the prospects for post-pandemic help for students but also worry a once-in-a-gener...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed his solution to a long-running, contentious dispute over the Local Control Funding Formula, the equity-based formula for distributing the bulk of money that school districts get from the state. At issue is whether school districts can use leftover, year-end funding intended for “high-needs students” however they want. Newsom’s answer is, no, they can’t; the money must be committed to those students — who generally are the farthest behind academically and face the challenges of poverty — and districts must document that. Related Some of those who have...

California Public Schools Suffer Record Enrollment Drop Tuesday, January 26, 2021 | Sacramento, CA Students at Pinewood Elementary in Pollock Pines have been attending school in-person since Oct. 6. They come to school in shifts, belong to the same cohorts, and sit six feet apart in the classroom. Courtesy of Pollock Pines Superintendent Steve Martinez California’s K-12 public-school enrollment has precipitously declined during the pandemic, dropping by a ...