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With eye-popping state revenues feeding an ambitious agenda, Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce today multi-year plans for transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, full funding for summer school and after school for 2 million children, hundreds of new service-based community schools and a $2 billion program to set up a $500 college savings account for every low-income child entering public school. Newsom will also reiterate what he has been recently saying: He expects all school districts and charter schools to revert to full-day, in-person instruction in the fall, as they did before the p...

Newsom gets strong ratings on schools, economy despite recall attacks OAKLAND — Gov. Gavin Newsom just got the most concrete evidence to date showing why he’s positioned to survive a recall vote. Recall proponents have made a simple pitch: The Democratic governor’s pandemic mismanagement has devastated California’s economy and failed schoolchildren. They said they were vindicated this week when election officials validated enough signatures to force a fall election. But a new statewide poll shows suggests those two pillars of anti-Newsom sentiment aren’t as sturdy as his foes think...

Progressives place reform hopes on Rob Bonta as California attorney general FacebookTwitterEmail SACRAMENTO — There are California Democrats and then there’s Rob Bonta. The five-term Assembly member represents an Oakland-based district where two-thirds of voters are registered Democrats and is one of the most progressive lawmakers in Sacramento. He has advanced protections for renters and detained immigrants, sought to add warning labels to soda cans and proposed a wealth tax. His colleagues will decide this week whether Bonta, 49, will become the state’s next attorney general, replacin...

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Alameda during a March 2021 press conference. Credit: Andrew Reed/EdSource Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Alameda during a March 2021 press conference. April 14, 2021 Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday again called on schools to reopen for full-time in-person instruction in the fall, though it remains unclear whether the state will require it. Newsom made the announcement at Santa Rosa’s Sheppard Elementary School, which opened for in-person instruction Tuesday following the reopening of dozens of Los...

Credit: Andrew Reed/EdSource Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Alameda during a press conference. Newsom announced Tuesday that he expects all schools and higher education insitutions to offer full-time in-person instruction in the fall after retiring the reopening tier system. Credit: Andrew Reed/EdSource Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at Ruby Bridges Elementary School in Alameda during a press conference. Newsom announced Tuesday that he expects all schools and higher education insitutions to offer full-time in-person instruction in the fall after retiring the reopenin...