Governor vetoes full-day and mandatory kindergarten bills
California won’t be making kindergarten mandatory or extending the kindergarten school day, at least not any time soon. Gov.
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Catalyzing Growth: Using Data to Change Child Care
Our child care system is in crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic made a weak, disjointed system crumble even further.
Universal Preschool: What happened and what's next
After nearly eight months of tireless advocacy, the Universal Preschool bill, SB-976, will not become law. Here’s your briefing on what happened, the key players, and why money trumps constituents' needs in California education politics.
Cost and child care most challenging for student parents, report finds
The cost of higher education and the cost of child care are the “biggest hurdles” for student parents in colleges across the nation, according to a new report from the Education Trust, Imaginable Futures, and Generation Hope.
Child cares brace for staffing raids as states expand public preschools
Free universal preschool is finally arriving in states like California, thanks to ballooning budget surpluses. But for child cares already dealing with staffing shortages, the timing couldn’t be worse. SACRAMENTO, Calif.
COMMENTARY : Child care access is key to pandemic recovery for California’s children, working families
This past March marked the two-year anniversary of unprecedented and necessary actions to stop the spread of Covid-19. Now, as we contemplate how to live with and move beyond the virus, it is time to focus on recovery, especially for those most impacted by the pandemic.
California education news: What’s the latest?
California State University, Los Angeles has received a $300,000 grant to improve the success of student transfers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM fields).
The pandemic’s toll: study documents fatality rates of teachers, child care workers in 2020
Child care workers were more likely than the typical American worker to die of COVID in 2020, according to new research. Among over 1 million child care workers, 405 died from COVID in 2020, the study found, using data from nearly every state.
If cleared, Covid shots for children under 5 could be available as soon as June 21, a White House official says.
Updated June 3, 2022, 12:11 a.m. ETJune 3, 2022, 12:11 a.m. ETDaily Covid BriefingVideoDr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, said preparations are contingent on federal regulatory action.CreditCredit...
Universal Preschool- What's the latest?
Since February, CQEL has sponsored and supported SB-976, the Universal Preschool Act, in coalition with childcare and family advocacy groups. The bill will bring massive support to children, families, and providers.