We need all hands on deck to ensure students get the financial aid they need for college

COURTESY OF: EdSource California is better off when more people have education and training to power our economy and support thriving communities. Financial aid that reduces or fully covers the cost of college or job training is an investment that benefits all of us. About $550 million in federal and state aid goes unused annually when thousands of eligible California …

Study of LAUSD confirms benefits of four years of math; Superintendent Alberto Carvalho embraces findings

COURTESY OF: EdSource New research that tracked high school juniors in Los Angeles Unified found that those who took math as seniors — from algebra to advanced calculus — were better positioned to enroll and stay in college than those who didn’t. The study, “Twelfth Grade Math and College Access“, released in January by UCLA’s Los Angeles Education Research Institute, …

Financial aid is complicated, the value of simplifying it is easy to understand

COURTESY OF: EdSource Sacramento State students line up to pay bills and receive financial aid information. Every fall, thousands of aspiring and continuing college students across California, particularly those from low-income communities and communities of color, grapple with the problem of how to finance a college degree. Today’s students are put in an impossible situation. College graduates earn 80% more …

Colleges rush to sign students up for food stamps, as pandemic rules make more eligible

COURTESY OF: CalMatters Sacramento State student Madeline Waters prepares a meal, in her Sacramento home with ingredients provided by CalFresh on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters College Journalism Network This past school year, Madeline Waters struggled to find a way to pay for food while also studying for classes. As a nutrition major at Sacramento …

How some college counselors are fighting back against pandemic-induced enrollment decline

COURTESY OF: CalMatters.org Brian Cruz photographed at Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District in San Jacinto on June 13, 2021. Photo by Nalani Hernandez-Melo for CalMatters In summary Thousands of California high school graduates didn’t go to college last year due to the pandemic. The drop, which mostly affected community colleges, might be temporary, but it showed the need to provide …

The Missing Students of The Pandemic

COURTESY OF: WashingtonPost.com INDIO, Calif. — Rich Pimentel had already tried searching in a trailer park and a migrant camp when he started driving toward the third and final address listed in the student’s school file. He followed his GPS to a neighborhood on the edge of the desert, an oasis of palm trees and swimming pools protected by a …