A group of Bay Area teacher unions will rally outside Oakland City Hall Tuesday evening, demanding fully staffed schools, better wages, more resources, smaller class sizes, and safety improvements. All 32 unions are bargaining for the same set of demands. A sharp increase in the number of homeless students nationwide has expanded the demand for school services, according to K Dive. Department of Education data compiled by University of Michigan research groups.
Homeless students are more likely to be absent from classes and to drop out of school, according to the K Dive article. Department of Housing and Urban Development data also showed a steep increase in the number of homeless children. The increase in identification could be linked, in part, to the additional resources allotted to districts for identification and outreach during the Covid pandemic, according to Poverty Solutions researchers at the University of Michigan.
Sander is a prominent critic of affirmative action and previously filed a lawsuit against UC in That lawsuit sought more information about UC applicants and suggested that the university might be considering race in admissions, according to Inside Higher Ed. And in , the U. Supreme Court banned affirmative action nationwide. Asian-American students made up Black students accounted for 4. The plan, if approved by leadership at California State University, would involve renovations on the main and south campuses.
More than 1 million square feet of academic, administrative and residential facilities would be demolished and replaced with expanded academic space and 2, additional beds in student housing. The Trump administration has been temporarily blocked from freezing federal assistance for education, disaster relief, health care and law enforcement, as a U. The order comes amid a federal lawsuit involving California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 22 other state attorneys general.
California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education, meanwhile, issued a statement and sent a letter to all California local educational agencies.
