Dozens of teens and young adults with disabilities are working at local businesses throughout Fresno County or at schools as teacher’s aides under a restructured jobs training program.
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Education leaders told @edsource.org that school enrollment has declined because of several contributing factors. In California, that includes declining birth rates, less immigration here, and mobility out of the state or to another part, due to high costs.
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What are you doing today at 12 pm PST? Join me & my colleagues of the @edsourceguild.bsky.social for a rally to show @edsource.org management that we are prepared to strike in our fight for a fair contract. Without it, our working conditions and the quality of work are impacted.
Yes, you read that right.
@edsource.org management is repeatedly proposing that management determine what happens if management violates the contract.
We’re asking @edsource.org for a fair contract that allows us to care for sick family members in time of need. Here’s why that’s important.
“At @edsource.org, we only get what California offers (for parental leave), which is partial pay limited to three months.”
Families experiencing homelessness may be in motels, struggling to pay with only enough money for a few days in a room at a time. It affects kids and their education.
With stable housing, that changes. How? Just listen 🎧 to @edsource.org's podcast.
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A worker’s income should keep up with rising costs. Share our stories of how working without a contract is affecting us.
"Everyone deserves equitable pay…”
The community school model says let’s provide healthcare, therapy, spaces to learn how to handle emotions. After 4 years of grant funding, @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social believes it's worth permanent, ongoing funding. Listen 🎧 as me & @kvprnews.bsky.social discuss this.
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A California school district, Fresno Unified, and its teachers union got 20 families housed, eliminating instability for students.
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A worker sprayed weed control products along elementary school fence lines while school was in session, leading to skin irritation in students and staff.
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California high school seniors and college students applying for federal financial aid on the FAFSA and student aid can access unclaimed scholarship money waiting for them.
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Housing as part of education is usually a conversation and partnership done at the college level. This K-12 school district, Fresno Unified, and its teachers put money toward getting families housed.
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Paying $1.76M, Fresno Unified settled a lawsuit. Another has been filed. "Until the work environment and discrimination concerns are properly addressed, lawsuits will continue to be filed, and both the students and taxpayers will suffer."
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ICYMI: 11 county education offices, starting with the letter “S,” mistakenly got or were missing millions. For example, San Mateo in the Bay Area was overpaid $1.6 million. The Central Valley's Stanislaus County was underpaid $60 million.
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Eleven county education offices mistakenly got or were missing millions in funding.
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California school districts issue thousands of pink slips to school staff and teachers to close growing budget deficits. Classified staff take the brunt of the layoffs. edsource.org?page_id=753606 @wearecta.bsky.social @seiu.org @seiu1021.bsky.social @pasadenaunified.bsky.social
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants permeant state funding, or $1 billion a year, for the community school model, which is centered around students’ basic needs and guided by community input.
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With a new @calkidsprogram.bsky.social partnership, @calcommcolleges.bsky.social will know which students have free, unclaimed state money waiting for them.
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Negotiations between Clovis Unified and its outdoor educators have stalled over unpaid overtime, living wages, and high staff turnover.
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As @clovispolice-ca.bsky.social plan to charge two adults so far with contributing to the delinquency of minors, school districts & police departments are navigating how to respond to student walkouts in protest of federal immigration enforcement.
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Visalia Unified students have been disciplined for depicting a "hateful, homophobic slur."
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Elementary students in Fresno Unified are returning their laptops in exchange for classroom sets that remain at school — an emerging national shift.
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