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By Mark Kreidler, California Healthline, October 1, 2021 Phebe Cox grew up in what might seem an unlikely mental health danger zone for a kid: tony Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. But behind its façade of family success and wealth, she said, is an environment of crushing pressure on students to perform. By 2016, when Cox was in middle school, Palo Alto had a teen suicide rate four times the national average . Cox’s family lived by the railroad tracks where many of the...

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, October 1, 2021 S chools should offer more counseling, suspend fewer students and address the underlying mental health challenges of students who misbehave in class, according to the state’s new school discipline guidelines . The guidelines, released last month by the California Department of Education, are intended to help schools navigate an anticipated uptick in student misbehavior following more than a year of remote learning, said department spokesperson...

Now Available! September 29 Webinar Recording "Implementing ACE Screenings: How-To Guide and Lessons from the Field" WATCH NOW at ACEsAware.org A recording and materials are now available for ACEs Aware's most recent webinar, "Implementing ACE Screenings: How-To Guide and Lessons from the Field," which highlights learnings from clinics across California. The webinar covers: Ways the How-To Guide can help your clinic move further in its ACE screening journey. How several practices have...

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, October 1, 2021 A ll California students and school staff will be required to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as January 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. The mandate, the nation’s first, applies to all students in kindergarten through 12th grade in public, charter and private schools, and all school employees. It goes into effect in the first semester, either Jan. 1 or July 1, following the Federal Drug Administration’s full approval of the Covid...

Por Manuela Tobias, Cal Matters, September 30, 2021 Después de más de un año de espera, a los propietarios de California se les permitirá una vez más llevar a sus inquilinos a los tribunales por no pagar el alquiler, ya que el la prohibición de desalojo del estado termina después de esta noche . Algunas ciudades y condados tendrán protecciones continuas para los inquilinos, y el estado también mantendrá algunas salvaguardias por igual, todo vinculado a miles de millones de dólares en alivio...

By Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2021 Construction kicked off Tuesday on a 19-story homeless housing project designed to reshape a corner of skid row in the image of more well-to-do environs. The 278-unit Weingart Tower will replace a parking lot at 555 S. Crocker St., around the corner from the Weingart Center, the project’s developer in collaboration with affordable housing developer Chelsea Investment Corp. The building is expected to open in December 2023. Weingart Tower...

By John Fensterwald, EdSource, September 28, 2021 R esponding to acrimonious debates over history and politics nationally and in school boards across California, some of the state’s leading advocates for civics education are urging schools to equip students with democratic principles and practices to counter growing “anti-democratic forces that threaten the stability of our fragile republic.” “Political extremists are calling for either whitewashing our nation’s historic failings or fixating...

By Mackenzie Mays, Politico, September 28, 2021 Nearly two dozen senior officials have fled California’s top education agency since Tony Thurmond became state schools superintendent in 2019, with several of them accusing him of creating a toxic workplace that burned through staff with decades of experience. Much of the exodus occurred as California’s K-12 system faced its most tumultuous crisis in generations. The state had some of the nation’s longest pandemic school closures, and districts...

By Manuela Tobias, Cal Matters, September 30, 2021 After more than a year of waiting, landlords in California will once again be allowed to take their tenants to court over missed rent payments as the state’s eviction ban ends after tonight . Some cities and counties will have ongoing protections for renters, and the state will also keep a few guardrails in place — all tied to billions of dollars in rent relief the state is urging landlords and tenants to apply for. About 724,000 California...

Fresno’s Milestones Tracker provides a map of organizations that have or are becoming trauma-informed. Each dot represents an organization. The dots are color-coded to a particular sector. The larger the dot, the more milestones they’ve done. Click on a dot to see the name of the organization If there’s one word that captures the engine behind Fresno’s flourishing PACEs Connection initiative, that word is “grassroots.” Just ask Jason Williams, the community manager for Fresno’s initiative...

By Liza Gross, Inside Climate News, September 21, 2021 On a mild December evening in 2017, Southern California’s powerful Santa Ana winds fueled a massive wildfire after smashing power lines together and carrying molten bits of metal onto the dry ground. The Thomas Fire, California’s largest at the time, ultimately torched 440 square miles and cost Ventura and Santa Barbara counties’ $3.5 billion agricultural industry nearly $200 million in damaged crops and buildings. Researchers are still...

Dr. Angela Davis Activist, Educator, and Social Justice Legend A Virtual Event Wednesday, October 20 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The legendary Dr. Angela Davis will join CalEndow Live October 20 to discuss why building stronger communities is essential to the struggle for racial, economic and gender justice. An outspoken voice for dismantling the prison industrial complex, Dr. Davis draws on her own experiences as one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” in advocating for criminal justice reform. In this...