As universal TK expands, Valley institutions are scrambling to prepare teachers with early-childhood training — and state delays are slowing the pipeline.
Schools and Education
Universal TK is now available statewide, but in the Central Valley, slow enrollment suggests parents remain unconvinced or underserved by the rollout.
Cannabis sales have surged in Washington since legalization in 2012, but educators, police and health experts say questions remain about effects on young users.
Advocates are particularly incensed that decision-makers have mostly shuttered schools in the poorest part of town — essentially creating school deserts in an area where families often have no car or share one.
In one of New Jersey’s poorest school neighborhoods, chronic absenteeism is more than a statistic — it reflects generational poverty, classroom chaos and a fragile public system.
As the US faces challenges to public school funding, activists warn that more people should pay attention to what’s happened in Inglewood, California.
Most Ohio school districts fail to test for radon despite EPA recommendations since 1989.
Inglewood’s program had been chain-sawed by financial challenges and the pandemic, but Joseph Jauregui built it back up – and his students are winning scholarships
“The recommended ratio is one school psychologist per 500 students,” a representative from the Texas Association of School Psychologists said. “In Texas, we’re seeing numbers more like one psychologist for every 2,500 to 3,000 students.”
Areas such as as Southeast Los Angeles have been severely impacted by immigration sweeps.