Newsom signs bill to boost special ed spending as Sacramento schools struggle

Newsom signs budget for California’s public schools

Gov. Gavin Newsom joined lawmakers and educators Thursday for the signing of a historic California budget for public education. The investments include a 4.1 billion multi-year commitment to community schools and 2.4 billion on special education. That is a 43 year-over-year increase for special education, which Newsom said is the largest hike in the state’s []...Click to read more

California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort to curb troubling math scores and mirrors a literacy assessment already underway.

Newsom’s final budget sends more than a billion dollars to University of California, Cal State

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s public colleges and universities emerged as winners in the latest state budget after lawmakers sent them hundreds of millions of dollars in new public spending. However, that largesse was tempered by decisions by Democrats in Sacramento to reject bond measures that could []

California once was the American Dream. Now it’s 3rd-worst state to move to * WorldNetDaily * by Angelina Delfin, The Daily Signal

Source link For generations, California represented the American dream—a place where families moved in search of opportunity, good-paying jobs, and a better life. Today, the Golden State is earning a

Bipartisan Senate duo wants to help students get federal aid for learning outside college

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) are pairing up on a new bill that would pave a way for students to use financial aid to pay for prior learning assessments, a category of tests that grant college credit for learning outside a college setting, such as in a job. Those tests usually cost...