Despite California’s generous financial aid programs, Kevin Cook from the Public Policy Institute of California said that due to the high cost of living in the state, trying to house students is an increasingly expensive task. The average housing cost for independent students ranges from $1,400 to $1,520 per...
News Who Are Dual-Language Immersion Programs Really For?Schools were “highlighting the enrichment part of it, the foreign language part of it, as opposed to the dual , the collaboration, the partner language,” said Santibañez. “That heritage aspect of it would be highlighted less.” Recommendations in Santibañez’s brief include increasing transportation options for students who live further...
News Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina a year ago. Some students never returned to schoolAfter natural disasters, it’s common to see a surge in students living in unstable, temporary arrangements, such as sleeping on a couch, staying in a shelter, or doubling up with another family, according to research from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools. Those arrangements qualify students as homeless...
News Report: Teacher program cuts to have ‘lasting negative effects’ on schools“The loss of federal funding will hinder efforts to address educational disparities and reduce the pipeline of teachers equipped to serve diverse student populations,” Stanley Johnson Jr., senior project scientist at UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools and lead author of the research brief released in late August,...
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