New policies requiring schools to notify parents if a student is gender-nonconforming are seeping into campus culture in ways some students find dangerous.
Melissa Gomez
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In Pajaro, children and teens grapple with displacement after flooding
After a flood struck Pajaro, children have been displaced, with families living out of cars, sleeping in emergency shelters or moving out of Monterey County to stay with relatives.
Posted inEnvironment
Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom
Young people experience high rates of climate anxiety. Some channel their worries into action, often through advocacy work.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
More women are seeking sterilization since Roe vs. Wade was overturned
Women across the country are seeking out sterilization after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, which had guaranteed abortion access.
Posted inK-12 Education
Why California law requires teaching about LGBTQ Americans in public schools
In California schools, teachers do and must say the word “gay” as well as lesbian and transgender in lessons about nonconforming expressions of gender.
Posted inK-12 Education
Marion Joseph, who changed the way California children learned to read, dies
Marion Joseph’s advocacy and work in the 1980s and ‘90s helped shape how children in California are taught to read.
Posted inK-12 Education
San Francisco is usually seen as a lefty outlier. The school board recalls could make it a bellwether
The overwhelming vote to recall three San Francisco school board members was a forceful show of parents’ frustration with local circumstances. But the proponents think other politicians should take heed of families’ fury over long school closures due to COVID-19.
Posted inK-12 Education
As student activists fight for COVID safety measures at schools, some face criticism
California high school students are among those organizing to increase coronavirus safety measures during the Omicron surge.
Posted inK-12 Education
State seeks to speed credentials for 10,000 direly needed school mental health counselors
California’s top public education official said the state will pursue an initiative to add 10,000 mental health clinicians to schools.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory
With symptoms of depression and anxiety having doubled during the pandemic, the advisory is to call attention to a “youth mental health crisis” and recommend resources to call on and actions to take.