CALmatters Commentary: New wrinkles emerge in old school fights
In his recent Calmatters Commentary, Dan Walters talks about how state education officials and education advocates are grappling with critical issues during the Covid19 pandemic — including [...]
EdSource: California school districts get extra 5 months to pass local accountability plans
April 24, 2020 – John Fensterwald of EdSource covers Governor Newsom’s decision to push back the deadline for school districts to complete their Local Control Accountability Plans. [...]
Statement: John Affeldt on Governor Newsom’s Executive Order
Concerning the delaying of the adoption of the LCAP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2020 Contact: Duc Luu, dluu@publicadvocates.org, 857-373-9118 Statement by John Affeldt on Governor [...]
Telemundo KSTS-48: Report on renter’s rights during COVID crisis
Public Advocates staff attorney Ruby Acevedo is interviewed as part of Spanish Telemundo TV coverage of the impact of the crisis on renters. The interview was broadcast on the 11pm newscast aired [...]
StreetsBlog SF: MTC Votes on Federal Relief Allocation: No Set Aside for Worker, Rider Protections
April 22, 2020 – Melanie Curry of StreetsBlog SF reports on the meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission which today failed to set aside funds for worker and rider protections [...]
EdSource: CA School districts to get a 5-month reprieve to adopt next year’s accountability plan
EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on an anticipated decision at the state level to allow school districts throughout California to delay the creation of their spending plans known as [...]
EdSource: CA School districts to get a 5-month reprieve to adopt next year’s accountability plan
April 22, 2020 – EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on an anticipated decision at the state level to allow school districts throughout California to delay the creation of their [...]
Paid Leave, Free WiFi: CA college students form coalition to demand more help
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports for LAist on what college students from the California Student High Education Advocacy Round Table are telling top administrators at the state’s community [...]