COVID school closures Archives

After Denying Learning Loss, UTLA Opposes Teaching Days to Catch Kids Up

September 8, 2022 7:32 amSeptember 8, 2022 7:54 am

As the school year begins, California’s schools are in dire shape. According to the most recent statewide Smarter Balanced assessments, more than 60 percent of third graders are reading below their grade level. Across all grade levels, roughly half of...

Gubernatorial Candidate Kevin Faulconer Focuses on School Re-Openings at Sacramento Campaign Stop

February 24, 2021 2:58 pmFebruary 26, 2021 9:16 am

Following campaign stops in Chico and Redding in Northern California, Gubernatorial candidate Kevin Faulconer held a campaign press conference in Sacramento Wednesday morning across the street from the California Department of Education. Foremost on his mind was California’s school-aged children...

How Legislators Can Reopen California

February 2, 2021 4:27 pmFebruary 5, 2021 1:47 pm

There are smart ways to protect the vulnerable and reopen businesses and churches and schools, but California’s legislators continue to do nothing. Instead, edicts issued from the governor’s office have the state in an ongoing lockdown, despite growing evidence there...