Education

Gavin Newsom Moves to ‘Transform’ San Quentin as California Prison Population Shrinks

By Nigel Duara/CalMatters on March 17, 2023 at 9:38AM

San Quentin is known as the home of California’s death row, although the state has not executed an inmate since 2006. Newsom in 2019 declared a moratorium on executions.

Textbooks on shelves at the East Los Angeles College bookstore in East Los Angeles on March 9, 2023.

Free Textbooks? It Could Soon be a Reality at California’s Community Colleges

By Alyssa Story and Carmen González/CalMatters on March 13, 2023 at 9:07AM

Colleges could spend the money on anything from publishing their own textbooks to using free, publicly available textbooks — known as “open educational resources” — created by professors at other schools. They could also simply give some students money to buy traditional textbooks.

The re-branding of Humboldt State University to Cal Poly Humboldt began on campus signage in Arcata.

UPDATE: Most Cal Poly Humboldt On-Campus Housing to Go Freshmen-Only, Protest Planned

By Kimberly Wear on February 6, 2023 at 5:04PM

The lack of housing options for Cal Poly Humboldt students has long been a concern — one that President Tom Jackson also noted in January of 2022 amid the fanfare of the campus officially becoming a Cal Poly, saying “our biggest challenge still remains housing — student housing and community housing." The housing crisis came into greater focus in the 2015-2016 school year, when enrollment numbers peaked at about 8,500 students.

College Enrollment Decline Leads to Funding Changes for Underperforming Cal State Schools

By Mikhail Zinshteyn/CalMatters on January 26, 2023 at 8:41AM

Funding reshuffle plan Seven campuses in particular — CSU Channel Islands, Chico State, Cal State East Bay, Cal Poly Humboldt, Cal Maritime, Sonoma State and San Francisco State — are missing their state enrollment targets by 10 percent or more.

North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire (center) tours Monument Middle School with local officials.

Rio Dell Schools Reopening Tuesday

By Iridian Casarez on January 6, 2023 at 2:26PM

Rio Dell School District schools, which include Eagle Prairie Elementary and Monument Middle School, are set to reopen Tuesday, Jan. 10, after the schools were forced to close due to damage sustained during the Dec. 20 earthquake and Jan. 1 aftershock. On Monday, Jan. 9, RDSD will be holding an in-service day for its staff to prepare for the reopening of schools and the return of students. During the briefing, staff will be given information about resources available to Rio Dell students and families that were affected by the earthquakes, including mental health resources.

Colleges Experiment with Restorative Justice in Sexual Assault Cases

By Oden Taylor/CalMatters on December 28, 2022 at 10:18AM

Both of those changes helped spur interest in restorative justice, he said – including at his own campus, which is currently in its first year of offering restorative justice for Title IX cases. “It seems pretty clear that there’s student demand and that Title IX administrators are really dissatisfied with the current options and would like to see the options expand,” he said.

Cal Poly President Apologizes for Title IX Comments

By Thadeus Greenson on November 7, 2022 at 4:10PM

process is designed to be behind the door so that we can resolve it for the individuals that are involved, not to celebrate it or promote it or use it for personal gain later on. I hate being in the news because we have so many positive things happening on our campus.

Eureka High Volunteer Coach Arrested for Alleged Child Sex Abuse

By Kimberly Wear on November 3, 2022 at 11:12AM

The district also states that it is in communication with the Fortuna Police Department and asks anyone with information to contact the department at

Universities Can’t Yank Financial Aid from Students Who Get Private Scholarships, New Law Says

By Alyssa Story/CalMatters on November 2, 2022 at 10:11AM

It’s difficult to quantify how many students scholarship displacement affects, or how much money they lose. But a 2013 study by the National Scholarship Providers Association found that 20% of colleges nationwide reduce institutional grants when a student earns a private scholarship, even if a student still has demonstrated need.

Amaya Palestino, 6, receives a COVID-9 vaccine from assistant Domonic Flowers at one of St. John’s Well Child and Family Center mobile health clinics outside of Helen Keller Elementary School in Los Angeles on March 16, 2022.

CDC’s Move Paves Way for California to Require School COVID Vaccines — But Lawmakers Have Given Up for Now

By Elizabeth Aguilera, CALmatters on October 28, 2022 at 12:01PM

The state Department of Public Health refused to say whether it plans to add the vaccine to the required list. Instead the agency referred to its previous statement from April in an email: “…upon full approval by the FDA, CDPH will consider the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians prior to considering a school vaccine requirement.”

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