Carolyn Jones
CalMattersCarolyn Jones covers K-12 education forCalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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Last year California passed a law that prohibits schools from requiring staff to notify parents if a student identifies as transgender. The U.S. Department of Education alleges the law violates parents鈥� rights. -
For the last century, the money has gone to counties with large amounts of federal land that can鈥檛 be taxed. Congress failed to include it in the upcoming budget. -
Despite Trump鈥檚 plans, federal funding is a small part of California鈥檚 education budget and the state oversees curriculum. -
Federal funding for rural schools goes to 39 California counties. School districts in those communities consider the money a lifeline. -
California legislators want to limit deportation actions at schools, but they can鈥檛 ban immigration officials. -
New California law prevents schools from requiring staff to notify parents if a student identifies as LGBTQ. It鈥檚 in response to some districts requiring staff to notify parents when students identify as a gender other than what鈥檚 in their official files. -
More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it鈥檚 estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent. -
A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant鈥檚 ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California鈥檚 public universities don鈥檛 use legacy admissions. -
The Smarter Balanced scores show improvement for both math and English language arts. Black, Latino and low-income student scores climbed more than the state average, although they still had lower scores overall. -
Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown. -
The overall number of 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten has increased. But as the program is being phased in, the percentage of eligible children enrolling has dropped. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.
