Carolyn Jones covers K-12 education at CalMatters. A longtime news reporter, she’s covered education for nearly a decade, focusing on everything from special education to state funding policies to inequities in student achievement. She’s won numerous awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, and was a finalist in 2020 for beat reporter of the year (small newsroom) by the Education Writers Association. In 2023, she spent five weeks in Albania as a Fulbright Specialist working on media literacy and promoting a free press. At CalMatters, she’s written about how culture wars play out in schools, the challenges facing Native American students, lack of funds for rural school repair, the revolution in school meals and other topics. She always tries to include student voices in stories, linking broader policy issues to their impacts on young people, their families and communities. Previously, she worked at EdSource, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Oakland Tribune, covering government, breaking news, the environment and other beats. Jones attended public schools in California, where she got her start in journalism at the San Rafael High Red & White, and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English. A longtime Oakland resident, she has two children and a Siberian husky.
El proyecto de ley impediría que las escuelas notifiquen a los padres si un estudiante comienza a usar pronombres diferentes o se identifica con un género distinto al que figura en los registros escolares.
The bill would stop schools from notifying parents if a student starts using different pronouns or identifies as a gender other than what’s on school records.
Los funcionarios de escuelas pequeñas y de bajos ingresos dicen que el acuerdo de medida de bonos es injusto. El dinero se asigna a través de subvenciones de contrapartida, por lo que los distritos más ricos que puedan recaudar más fondos locales recibirán más dinero del estado.
Small and low-income school officials say the bond measure deal is unfair. The money is allocated through matching grants, so wealthier districts that can raise more local funds will get more money from the state.
The agreement between the state and the ACLU requires state authorities to visit schools, interview teachers, look at individual students’ records and take more hands-on steps to see if a school has a pattern of discriminating.
Counties with large areas of public land get federal funding that many rural schools rely on. The most recent round of payments in May – $33.7 million for California – will be the last unless Congress votes to extend the program.
Recientemente, los tribunales han desestimado demandas que impugnaban las normas COVID-19 vencidas. Un panel del Tribunal de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito restauró un caso contra el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles, permitiendo a los empleados demandar para evitar futuros mandatos de vacunas.