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Karen McCarthy, vice president of public policy and federal relations from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasfaa.org/\">National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators\u003c/a>, recommends students get started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a good idea to do it on the earlier side,” said McCarthy. “Whenever (colleges) run out of money, then that’s all the funding they have for the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether this is your first or fifth time filling out the application, here are some recommendations and background for completing this process and getting financial aid for your college career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whofafsa\">Who should fill out my FAFSA, and how?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whenfafsa\">When should I fill out the FAFSA for fall 2023-2024?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#renewfafsa\">Do I need to renew my FAFSA?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parentsfafsa\">How should I work with my parents to fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mistakefafsa\">What if I make a mistake filling out my FAFSA?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How does FAFSA work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The FAFSA is a free government application that uses financial information from you and \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/articles/parents-understanding-fafsa/\">your family\u003c/a> to determine whether you can get financial aid from the federal government to pay for college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAFSA will send your financial information to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/school-list\">the schools listed in the application that you are interested in attending — up to 10 schools\u003c/a>. Each school that admits you will send you a financial aid package. The amount of financial aid you get depends on each institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This application is also used to determine eligibility for other federal student aid programs, like work-study and loans, as well as state and school aid. Sometimes, private, merit-based scholarships also require FAFSA information to determine whether you qualify for their specific aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Completing the FAFSA is probably the single most important thing you can do to get in line for scholarships, grants and other federal financial aid for college,” said Rick Castellano, vice president of corporate communications at Sallie Mae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nitro College, a website that offers advice for college students, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nitrocollege.com/fafsa-guide\">a step-by-step guide listing all the questions in the FAFSA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whofafsa\">\u003c/a>Who should fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Anyone planning to attend college next year should fill out the FAFSA. Many decide not to apply, thinking their family’s income is too high to be considered, but McCarthy recommends all students fill out the application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no commitment, there’s no charge,” said McCarthy. “See what happens, you may be surprised. And if not, you have it on file in case you change your mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students and parents can use the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/aid-estimator/\">federal student aid estimator\u003c/a> to get an early approximation of their financial package.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The first step is to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch\">create an FSA ID\u003c/a> to help you log into your account electronically. If you are a dependent student, your parents also will need to create an account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before starting your application, McCarthy recommends using your permanent personal email, one that is “available to you and that you check regularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the documents you will need to fill out your FAFSA application:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your Social Security number\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your driver’s license number, if you have one\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your green card number, if you are not a U.S. citizen\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your federal income tax returns, W-2s and other records of money earned\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your bank statements and records of investments\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your records of untaxed income\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The application offers the option to get your federal tax return information from \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/what-is-irs-drt\">the IRS data retrieval tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy also recommends students use their physical Social Security card when they fill out the application, not only to make sure they use the right number, but to double-check their name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s much easier to avoid an issue in the first place,” said McCarthy. Some students who use their middle name in their daily lives make the mistake of listing it as their first name on the application, she said. This causes issues with the application that will need to be resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whenfafsa\">\u003c/a>When should I fill out the FAFSA for fall 2023-2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Meeting deadlines is important to avoid missing out on any possible financial aid you might receive. Aside from the federal deadline, students need to know whether their state also has a deadline to be considered for financial aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAFSA application for the 2023-2024 year opens on October 1 and must be submitted by June 30, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each state has different deadlines for financial aid. \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/fafsa-deadlines#state\">California has a March 2, 2023, deadline\u003c/a> for many state financial aid programs, but has different deadlines for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"renewfafsa\">\u003c/a>Do I have to renew my FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The FAFSA needs to be filled out every year you plan to attend college. However, it usually becomes easier to navigate the process after you’ve done it once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel a lot faster every year,” said Haley Campbell Garcia, 28, who filled out the FAFSA for the first time in 2013 and has filled it out every year since, for her undergraduate and graduate degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/renew\">renew your application\u003c/a>, some information is already pre-filled, but tax information and other items need to be updated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"parentsfafsa\">\u003c/a>What information do I need from my parents for the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are filing as a dependent student, you’ll need to provide the financial information of at least one parent. If you list both parents, you need to know how they filed their tax return — jointly or separately — and their official marital status, said McCarthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It seems like it should be obvious, but sometimes people don’t necessarily know whether their parents are separated or actually divorced,” said McCarthy. You can find the official marital status of your parents by checking their tax return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch\">Parents need to create their own FSA IDs.\u003c/a> When your parents fill out the application, they can manually input their tax return information or use the IRS data retrieval tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents will need this information to fill out the FAFSA:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Social Security number or green card number (if they are not U.S. citizens)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Federal income tax returns, W-2s and other records of money earned\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If a student is applying for the 2023-2024 school year, parents need to use their 2021 federal tax return information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have questions about income information, you can call the federal student aid office at (800) 433-3243.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if my parents are noncitizens when I fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your parents’ citizenship status does not affect your eligibility for student aid. The application doesn’t ask for your parents’ legal status in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your parent does not have a Social Security number, students should enter all zeros on the application. Also, parents without a Social Security number won’t need to create an FSA ID, but will need to sign the application by printing and mailing it to the financial aid office so the student’s application gets processed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/parent-info#unwilling-parents\">For more details on noncitizen parents, you can visit studentaid.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I speak with my parents about the FAFSA when they’re never done it before?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether you are a first-generation college student or your parents are immigrants, having to explain the FAFSA to them can be challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way Jessica Sansarran, a 25-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, approached this issue was by reading FAFSA guides to her parents and communicating her frustrations with the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told them, ‘You know, this is complicated for me, too,’” said Sansarran, whose parents are from Guyana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anastasia Acerno, 21, approached the process similarly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would just ask my parents for all their tax documentation, wait for them to find it, and then just ask them the questions myself, instead of having them go through the application,” said Acerno, who graduated from the University of Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if my financial circumstances have changed since 2021?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/fafsa/announcements/changes-family-financial-situation?src=trending\">If your (or your family’s) financial situation has drastically changed\u003c/a>, you need to contact the specific institution that you are planning to attend. Each college handles special circumstances differently, said McCarthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When will I receive my FAFSA financial aid package?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/next-steps-after-submitting-fafsa\">FAFSA applications take three to five days to process\u003c/a>, according to the student aid website. However, when you receive your financial aid package will depend on your institution. Usually, students get their financial aid package shortly after their admission offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"mistakefafsa\">\u003c/a>What if I made a mistake on my FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/review-and-correct/correct\">If you made a mistake filling out your application\u003c/a>, you need to correct your FAFSA form. You can do this by logging in with your FSA ID, going to the “My FAFSA” page and selecting “make corrections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some instances, if the changes cannot be made through the FAFSA portal, students will need to reach out to their institution’s financial aid office to make corrections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if my financial aid is not enough to pay for my college?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the financial aid package from the college you plan to attend will not cover your college expenses, there are alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can look into scholarships that might help lower the cost of attending college, or \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/loans/subsidized-unsubsidized\">student loans\u003c/a>. There are two types of student loans: federal and private. Federal student loans usually offer lower interest rates than private loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I find more help to fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/\">A lot of information about the FAFSA can be found on the studentaid.gov website\u003c/a>, but if you have more specific questions, you can speak with the financial aid office of your desired institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From filling out basic questions to a more in-depth understanding of your financial aid package, your college or community college’s financial aid office can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Yvette Solano’s case, she requested help from someone in the financial aid office who spoke Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, it was about feeling comfortable asking questions and understanding the information,” said Solano, 25, who attended San Diego City College and graduated from Cal State, Los Angeles this summer. “You shouldn’t be ashamed of asking for help.” \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/espanol-financial-aid-season-what-you-need-to-know-212d885e9b92707de45f36827c9a4586\">\u003cstrong>Read the guide to applying for the FAFSA in Spanish.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy also recommends looking for college access organizations that provide free help completing the FAFSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students or parents can also \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help-center/contact#all-aid-fsaic\">call, email or live-chat with the Federal Student Aid Information Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press receives support from the Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy. 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Karen McCarthy, vice president of public policy and federal relations from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasfaa.org/\">National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators\u003c/a>, recommends students get started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a good idea to do it on the earlier side,” said McCarthy. “Whenever (colleges) run out of money, then that’s all the funding they have for the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether this is your first or fifth time filling out the application, here are some recommendations and background for completing this process and getting financial aid for your college career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whofafsa\">Who should fill out my FAFSA, and how?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whenfafsa\">When should I fill out the FAFSA for fall 2023-2024?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#renewfafsa\">Do I need to renew my FAFSA?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parentsfafsa\">How should I work with my parents to fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#mistakefafsa\">What if I make a mistake filling out my FAFSA?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How does FAFSA work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The FAFSA is a free government application that uses financial information from you and \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/articles/parents-understanding-fafsa/\">your family\u003c/a> to determine whether you can get financial aid from the federal government to pay for college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FAFSA will send your financial information to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/school-list\">the schools listed in the application that you are interested in attending — up to 10 schools\u003c/a>. Each school that admits you will send you a financial aid package. The amount of financial aid you get depends on each institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This application is also used to determine eligibility for other federal student aid programs, like work-study and loans, as well as state and school aid. Sometimes, private, merit-based scholarships also require FAFSA information to determine whether you qualify for their specific aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Completing the FAFSA is probably the single most important thing you can do to get in line for scholarships, grants and other federal financial aid for college,” said Rick Castellano, vice president of corporate communications at Sallie Mae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nitro College, a website that offers advice for college students, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nitrocollege.com/fafsa-guide\">a step-by-step guide listing all the questions in the FAFSA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whofafsa\">\u003c/a>Who should fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Anyone planning to attend college next year should fill out the FAFSA. Many decide not to apply, thinking their family’s income is too high to be considered, but McCarthy recommends all students fill out the application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no commitment, there’s no charge,” said McCarthy. “See what happens, you may be surprised. And if not, you have it on file in case you change your mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students and parents can use the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/aid-estimator/\">federal student aid estimator\u003c/a> to get an early approximation of their financial package.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I fill out the FAFSA?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The first step is to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch\">create an FSA ID\u003c/a> to help you log into your account electronically. If you are a dependent student, your parents also will need to create an account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before starting your application, McCarthy recommends using your permanent personal email, one that is “available to you and that you check regularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the documents you will need to fill out your FAFSA application:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your Social Security number\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your driver’s license number, if you have one\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your green card number, if you are not a U.S. citizen\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your federal income tax returns, W-2s and other records of money earned\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your bank statements and records of investments\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your records of untaxed income\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The application offers the option to get your federal tax return information from \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help-center/answers/article/what-is-irs-drt\">the IRS data retrieval tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarthy also recommends students use their physical Social Security card when they fill out the application, not only to make sure they use the right number, but to double-check their name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s much easier to avoid an issue in the first place,” said McCarthy. 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Before the pandemic, tests were traditionally used to determine whether a teacher candidate was ready for a teacher-preparation program or the classroom, but \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-cuts-the-number-of-tests-teachers-must-take-to-earn-credential/658142\" data-reader-unique-id=\"53\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"54\">new legislation\u003c/span>\u003c/a> \u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"55\">gives them the option to use university-approved coursework instead in some cases. Teacher candidates can check with their teacher-preparation program administrator to determine which courses to take or have their transcript evaluated by the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/contact-the-commission/CERT-contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"56\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"57\">Commission on Teacher Credentialing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"58\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"59\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"60\">Current flexibility:\u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"61\"> California has waived test fees through June 30, 2023.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"62\">Basic skills requirement\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"63\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"64\">Teachers must prove they have the basic skills to teach. Generally, this is done before a teacher-preparation program. Here are the options:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul data-reader-unique-id=\"65\">\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"66\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"67\">Pass the California Basic Educational Skills Test.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"68\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"69\">Pass the California SET: Multiple Subjects plus Writing Skills Examination.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"70\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"71\">Pass the CSU Early Assessment Program or the CSU placement examinations.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"72\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"73\">Earn a qualifying score on SAT, ACT or College Board Advanced Placement examinations.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"74\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"75\">Pass a basic skills test from another state.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"76\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"77\">Submit a transcript that shows a grade of B or better in one course in critical thinking, literature, philosophy, reading, rhetoric or textual analysis to show reading proficiency; a course in composition, English, rhetoric, written communication or writing to demonstrate writing proficiency; and a course in algebra, mathematics, quantitative reasoning or statistics to show math proficiency.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"78\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"79\">Complete \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/guidance-chart-for-mixing-bsr-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"80\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"81\">a combination of courses and exams\u003c/span>\u003c/a> to meet the requirement.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"83\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"84\">Current flexibility: \u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"85\">The Commission on Teacher Credentialing has extended the pandemic waiver that allows teacher candidates to student-teach without completing their basic skills requirement. The flexibility ends May 1, 2023. Teacher candidates must complete the requirement before being recommended for a preliminary credential.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"86\">Subject-matter competence\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"87\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"88\">Teacher candidates are required to demonstrate proficiency in the subject they will teach before they can earn a credential. This has traditionally been done by passing the appropriate tests in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_AboutCSET.html\">California Subject Examinations for Teachers\u003c/a>, \u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"90\">or CSET\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"91\">, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-source/educator-prep/files/domains-of-subject-matter-requirements.pdf?sfvrsn=dcd525b1_10\">teachers can now also take coursework\u003c/a> or a combination of tests in the CSET and coursework to satisfy this requirement.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"95\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"96\">Teacher candidates also can complete a bachelor’s degree in the subject area of the credential they are seeking. \u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"97\">A teacher-preparation program will evaluate the major to see whether it is acceptable, but the Commission on Teacher Credentialing will make the call for \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/apply\">candidates who are applying to the commission\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"100\"> directly for credentials, such as those seeking emergency-style permits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"101\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"102\">Current flexibility:\u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"103\"> The test can be waived until the end of a teacher candidate’s preparation program if they applied for an intern credential to teach in a school by June 30, 2022.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"104\">Reading Instruction Competence Assessment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"105\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"106\">The RICA measures how well candidates for multiple-subject credentials and education specialists teach reading. The test is expected to be eliminated in 2025, when it will be incorporated into the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/tpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"107\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"108\">Teacher Performance Assessment\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, \u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"109\">which requires teachers to demonstrate their ability to teach.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"110\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"111\">Current flexibility:\u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"112\"> A teacher candidate enrolled in a teacher-preparation program by June 30, 2022, isn’t required to take the RICA before earning a preliminary credential, but they must pass it before earning a clear credential. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"113\">Performance assessment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"114\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"115\">Once a teacher is in the classroom, they are required to complete a performance assessment that demonstrates h\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"116\">ow well they assess students, design instruction, organize subject matter and perform other skills. \u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"117\">The three assessment models — the California Teaching Performance Assessment, edTPA and the Fresno Assessment of Student Teachers — require that teachers make a video of themselves teaching at the school where they work.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"118\">Special education credentials\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"119\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"120\">Special education candidates must complete all the basic requirements of other teachers, as well as instruction in one of four areas — mild to moderate support needs; extensive support needs; deaf and hard of hearing, visual impairments; and early childhood special education — to earn a credential in that specialty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"121\">Out-of-state teachers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"122\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"123\">Teachers moving to California must submit their college transcripts; a copy of their out-of-state teaching license; and proof they have been fingerprinted to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"124\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"125\">To avoid taking unnecessary tests and training, the commission recommends that applicants submit their scores on out-of-state basic skills tests and proof of two years or more of teaching experience.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"126\">Where to apply\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"127\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"128\">Most applications are submitted to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/renewal-and-reissuance-of-credentials-(cl-494)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"129\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"130\">California Commission on Teacher Credentialing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"131\"> online. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"4\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"5\">Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators have poured billions of dollars of state money into special grants and programs to recruit, train and retain educators to ease the state’s persistent teacher shortage. Lawmakers also have made temporary and permanent changes to teacher-credentialing requirements since the pandemic, including waiving fees, to make it easier to become a teacher in California.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"6\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"7\">Teacher candidates have many choices. They can take the traditional route — attend a teacher-preparation program and complete student teaching — or they can take part in a teacher residency or internship program that allows them to complete required coursework while teaching. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"8\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"9\">Teacher candidates can apply for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/teacher-education/Pages/residency-year-scholarship.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"10\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"11\">residency programs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"12\"> through a university teacher-preparation program that operates in partnership with one or more school districts. During their residency, teacher candidates are paired with experienced teachers for a year of clinical training. Residents are usually paid a stipend.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"13\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"14\">Prospective teachers also can enroll in a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/reports/data/approved-institutions-and-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"15\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"16\">commission-approved district\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"17\"> intern program\u003c/span>\u003c/a> or a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/university-internship-credentials-(cl-402a)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"18\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"19\">university internship program\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"20\">. Both allow candidates who have bachelor’s degrees to teach while they complete their teacher-preparation coursework. Most interns are the primary teacher in the classroom. These teachers hold intern credentials until they complete the requirements for a preliminary credential. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"21\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"22\">The state also has a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2020/californias-effort-to-turn-school-staff-into-teachers-starts-to-pay-off/621726\" data-reader-unique-id=\"23\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"24\">California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"25\">, which offers financial assistance and academic guidance to school staff who want to complete an undergraduate degree and earn a teaching credential. The staff members must work in districts that have been awarded a grant for the program through the state.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"26\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"27\">Most California teachers hold one of three basic teaching credentials: multiple-subject, single-subject and education specialist. Multiple-subject credentials are for elementary school teachers, single-subject credentials are generally for middle and high school teachers who teach one subject, and an education specialist credential is for special education teachers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"28\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"29\">They must first earn a preliminary teaching credential and, after additional training and mentorship during their first two years of teaching, can earn a clear credential.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"30\">To earn a preliminary teaching credential, a teacher must have:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul data-reader-unique-id=\"31\">\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"32\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"33\">A bachelor’s degree.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"34\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"35\">Completed an accredited teacher-preparation program.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"36\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"37\">Completed 600 hours of student teaching.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"38\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"39\">Been fingerprinted and passed a background check.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"40\">\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2020/california-moves-closer-to-eliminating-replacing-reading-instruction-test-that-has-blocked-thousands-from-teaching-credential/622830\" data-reader-unique-id=\"41\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"42\">Taken required tests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"43\"> or completed university-approved coursework.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"44\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"45\">Completed a course or passed a test on the provisions and principles of the U.S. Constitution.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-reader-unique-id=\"46\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"47\">Earned a recommendation from their teacher-preparation program.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"48\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"49\"> A preliminary credential is good for five years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"50\">Required tests and their alternatives\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"51\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"52\">Teachers must prove they have the skills needed to educate students. Before the pandemic, tests were traditionally used to determine whether a teacher candidate was ready for a teacher-preparation program or the classroom, but \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-cuts-the-number-of-tests-teachers-must-take-to-earn-credential/658142\" data-reader-unique-id=\"53\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"54\">new legislation\u003c/span>\u003c/a> \u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"55\">gives them the option to use university-approved coursework instead in some cases. Teacher candidates can check with their teacher-preparation program administrator to determine which courses to take or have their transcript evaluated by the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/commission/contact-the-commission/CERT-contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"56\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"57\">Commission on Teacher Credentialing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"58\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"59\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"60\">Current flexibility:\u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"61\"> California has waived test fees through June 30, 2023.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"62\">Basic skills requirement\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"63\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"64\">Teachers must prove they have the basic skills to teach. Generally, this is done before a teacher-preparation program. 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The flexibility ends May 1, 2023. Teacher candidates must complete the requirement before being recommended for a preliminary credential.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"86\">Subject-matter competence\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"87\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"88\">Teacher candidates are required to demonstrate proficiency in the subject they will teach before they can earn a credential. This has traditionally been done by passing the appropriate tests in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_AboutCSET.html\">California Subject Examinations for Teachers\u003c/a>, \u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"90\">or CSET\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"91\">, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-source/educator-prep/files/domains-of-subject-matter-requirements.pdf?sfvrsn=dcd525b1_10\">teachers can now also take coursework\u003c/a> or a combination of tests in the CSET and coursework to satisfy this requirement.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"95\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"96\">Teacher candidates also can complete a bachelor’s degree in the subject area of the credential they are seeking. \u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"97\">A teacher-preparation program will evaluate the major to see whether it is acceptable, but the Commission on Teacher Credentialing will make the call for \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/apply\">candidates who are applying to the commission\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"100\"> directly for credentials, such as those seeking emergency-style permits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"101\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"102\">Current flexibility:\u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"103\"> The test can be waived until the end of a teacher candidate’s preparation program if they applied for an intern credential to teach in a school by June 30, 2022.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"104\">Reading Instruction Competence Assessment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"105\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"106\">The RICA measures how well candidates for multiple-subject credentials and education specialists teach reading. The test is expected to be eliminated in 2025, when it will be incorporated into the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/tpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-reader-unique-id=\"107\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"108\">Teacher Performance Assessment\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, \u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"109\">which requires teachers to demonstrate their ability to teach.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"110\">\u003cb data-reader-unique-id=\"111\">Current flexibility:\u003c/b>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"112\"> A teacher candidate enrolled in a teacher-preparation program by June 30, 2022, isn’t required to take the RICA before earning a preliminary credential, but they must pass it before earning a clear credential. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"113\">Performance assessment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"114\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"115\">Once a teacher is in the classroom, they are required to complete a performance assessment that demonstrates h\u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"116\">ow well they assess students, design instruction, organize subject matter and perform other skills. \u003c/span>\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"117\">The three assessment models — the California Teaching Performance Assessment, edTPA and the Fresno Assessment of Student Teachers — require that teachers make a video of themselves teaching at the school where they work.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"118\">Special education credentials\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"119\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"120\">Special education candidates must complete all the basic requirements of other teachers, as well as instruction in one of four areas — mild to moderate support needs; extensive support needs; deaf and hard of hearing, visual impairments; and early childhood special education — to earn a credential in that specialty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"121\">Out-of-state teachers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"122\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"123\">Teachers moving to California must submit their college transcripts; a copy of their out-of-state teaching license; and proof they have been fingerprinted to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"124\">\u003cspan data-reader-unique-id=\"125\">To avoid taking unnecessary tests and training, the commission recommends that applicants submit their scores on out-of-state basic skills tests and proof of two years or more of teaching experience.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 data-reader-unique-id=\"126\">Where to apply\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Emotions ran hot Thursday as Caltrans began evicting residents from Oakland’s largest encampment of unhoused people. Some residents of the Wood Street encampment, with help from volunteers and activists, erected a makeshift barricade to block the only access road to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ben Murawski, 47, Wood Street resident\"]‘You destroy people’s lives, you take their belongings … how are they supposed to get back on their feet to do anything to move forward in life?’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody Guthrie’s folk anthem “This Land Is Your Land” blared from a windup amplifier as Oakland police and California Highway Patrol officers faced off with residents and supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You destroy people’s lives, you take their belongings,” said Ben Murawski, 47, his voice quivering. “And how are they supposed to get back on their feet to do anything to move forward in life?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two people — Ron McGowan, who lived in the northern area of the encampment and was set to be evicted Thursday, and Jaz Colibri, a resident and organizer — both were arrested after refusing to leave a pickup truck that was blocking the access road. Colibri lay down, motionless, in the bed of the truck, prompting officers to pick her up and physically carry her away, as supporters chanted, “We love you, Jaz!” and “Housing is a human right!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925196\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three officers hold a person as they are arrested with a dumpster in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident Jaz Colibri is arrested and carried by police officers after she attempted to block Caltrans from removing a barricade from the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The evictions came after a more-than-month-long delay, resulting from a lawsuit residents filed in July to block Caltrans from clearing the site. Federal District Judge William Orrick ruled last month they could continue, citing safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the delay, for many residents, the evictions came too quickly. Caltrans posted notices on Tuesday that the first of the three-phased evictions would start in two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How could you complain if you’re on somebody else’s land, and they want you to leave in 30 days? Seems reasonable,” said Matthew Schatzinger, 45, who’s lived at Wood Street for nearly four years. “But to get out of here in two days or then destroy your stuff, or take your stuff, it just doesn’t make sense to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925192\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"People standing on a car that is spray-painted saying: 'where do we go?'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street residents and supporters stand on a truck to barricade Caltrans workers from entering the encampment In Oakland to begin clearing garbage on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his order, Judge Orrick directed Caltrans to work with the city of Oakland and Alameda County to offer shelter to the estimated 200 residents who live at Wood Street. As of Thursday, the county had made contact with 75 residents and around half had accepted offers of shelter, said Jerri Applegate Randrup, a spokesperson for Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randrup said the county offered residents spaces in congregate shelters, Oakland’s “cabin community” or “tuff shed” shelters, and safe RV parking, among other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeremy Oliveira, 42, said he got a spot at a hotel that’s been converted into housing for people who were formerly homeless. Even though he’ll have to share a room, he said it was a much better situation than some of the other shelters. [aside tag=\"housing, homeless\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]“I’m really happy. It’s gonna help me out a whole lot,” Oliveira said. “It’s going to be good. I’m going to actually be able to get restful sleep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Schatzinger said he was offered only a spot at a tuff shed site, which he declined because there is no parking within three blocks, residents aren’t allowed to bring in mattresses or bedding and can only use city-provided cots, and there is little space to store his belongings. Instead, he and his neighbor, Jessica Huffman, 42, will likely be looking for some other place to park their RVs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They came to Wood Street after being forced to leave other encampments, Huffman said, and she didn’t want to return to a situation where she’s required to move her RV every few days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a big problem when we’re forced into residential neighborhoods,” Huffman said. “That’s why the cops all pushed us out here in the first place. But it looks like we’re probably going to have to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, the encampment at Wood Street has grown from a few RVs parked on the street to a sprawling tangle of structures, vehicles and trailers. It stretches for more than 15 city blocks underneath the I-880 overpass between Wood Street and the BNSF and Union Pacific railroad tracks on land owned by Caltrans, the city of Oakland, BNSF and private entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925205\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man puts some items onto a truck\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Murawski fills a truck with his belongings in an attempt to remove the items from an area being cleared by Caltrans at the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But attorneys for Caltrans say the encampment posed a serious health and safety risk, citing some 200 fires over the past two years, including one on July 11 that sent plumes of smoke onto the freeway and prompted the transportation agency to begin clearing the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The frequency with fires, especially in that area,” Mark Guenzi, an attorney for Caltrans, said at an August 26 hearing, “is just very concerning given the potential for catastrophic risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evictions are expected to continue over the next six weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925268\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11925268 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several people in hard hats and construction bests stand in a line under a freeway overpass\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrans crews wait to clear the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022, while residents and advocates block the road. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925269\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11925269 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/034_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Image from further away of the highway overpass and the clearing of Wood Street encampment\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/034_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/034_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/034_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/034_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/034_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrans workers clear a barricade made by Wood Street residents meant to keep Caltrans out of the encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11925270 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/067_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several people in hard hats, bright vests and masks clear away debris from the encampment with rakes\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/067_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/067_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/067_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-160x107.jpg 160w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Emotions ran hot Thursday as Caltrans began evicting residents from Oakland’s largest encampment of unhoused people. Some residents of the Wood Street encampment, with help from volunteers and activists, erected a makeshift barricade to block the only access road to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody Guthrie’s folk anthem “This Land Is Your Land” blared from a windup amplifier as Oakland police and California Highway Patrol officers faced off with residents and supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You destroy people’s lives, you take their belongings,” said Ben Murawski, 47, his voice quivering. “And how are they supposed to get back on their feet to do anything to move forward in life?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two people — Ron McGowan, who lived in the northern area of the encampment and was set to be evicted Thursday, and Jaz Colibri, a resident and organizer — both were arrested after refusing to leave a pickup truck that was blocking the access road. Colibri lay down, motionless, in the bed of the truck, prompting officers to pick her up and physically carry her away, as supporters chanted, “We love you, Jaz!” and “Housing is a human right!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925196\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three officers hold a person as they are arrested with a dumpster in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58517_061_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident Jaz Colibri is arrested and carried by police officers after she attempted to block Caltrans from removing a barricade from the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The evictions came after a more-than-month-long delay, resulting from a lawsuit residents filed in July to block Caltrans from clearing the site. Federal District Judge William Orrick ruled last month they could continue, citing safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the delay, for many residents, the evictions came too quickly. Caltrans posted notices on Tuesday that the first of the three-phased evictions would start in two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How could you complain if you’re on somebody else’s land, and they want you to leave in 30 days? Seems reasonable,” said Matthew Schatzinger, 45, who’s lived at Wood Street for nearly four years. “But to get out of here in two days or then destroy your stuff, or take your stuff, it just doesn’t make sense to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925192\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"People standing on a car that is spray-painted saying: 'where do we go?'\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58499_038_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street residents and supporters stand on a truck to barricade Caltrans workers from entering the encampment In Oakland to begin clearing garbage on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his order, Judge Orrick directed Caltrans to work with the city of Oakland and Alameda County to offer shelter to the estimated 200 residents who live at Wood Street. As of Thursday, the county had made contact with 75 residents and around half had accepted offers of shelter, said Jerri Applegate Randrup, a spokesperson for Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randrup said the county offered residents spaces in congregate shelters, Oakland’s “cabin community” or “tuff shed” shelters, and safe RV parking, among other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeremy Oliveira, 42, said he got a spot at a hotel that’s been converted into housing for people who were formerly homeless. Even though he’ll have to share a room, he said it was a much better situation than some of the other shelters. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I’m really happy. It’s gonna help me out a whole lot,” Oliveira said. “It’s going to be good. I’m going to actually be able to get restful sleep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Schatzinger said he was offered only a spot at a tuff shed site, which he declined because there is no parking within three blocks, residents aren’t allowed to bring in mattresses or bedding and can only use city-provided cots, and there is little space to store his belongings. Instead, he and his neighbor, Jessica Huffman, 42, will likely be looking for some other place to park their RVs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They came to Wood Street after being forced to leave other encampments, Huffman said, and she didn’t want to return to a situation where she’s required to move her RV every few days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a big problem when we’re forced into residential neighborhoods,” Huffman said. “That’s why the cops all pushed us out here in the first place. But it looks like we’re probably going to have to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, the encampment at Wood Street has grown from a few RVs parked on the street to a sprawling tangle of structures, vehicles and trailers. It stretches for more than 15 city blocks underneath the I-880 overpass between Wood Street and the BNSF and Union Pacific railroad tracks on land owned by Caltrans, the city of Oakland, BNSF and private entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925205\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man puts some items onto a truck\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Murawski fills a truck with his belongings in an attempt to remove the items from an area being cleared by Caltrans at the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But attorneys for Caltrans say the encampment posed a serious health and safety risk, citing some 200 fires over the past two years, including one on July 11 that sent plumes of smoke onto the freeway and prompted the transportation agency to begin clearing the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The frequency with fires, especially in that area,” Mark Guenzi, an attorney for Caltrans, said at an August 26 hearing, “is just very concerning given the potential for catastrophic risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evictions are expected to continue over the next six weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925268\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11925268 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several people in hard hats and construction bests stand in a line under a freeway overpass\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/017_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-160x107.jpg 160w, 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src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58537_086_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hat looks on in anguish next to four others \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58537_086_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58537_086_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58537_086_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58537_086_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58537_086_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident 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"content": "\u003cp>On Thursday, the City of Oakland announced plans to return about 5 acres of Joaquin Miller Park to the East Bay Ohlone, which would make Oakland the first California city ever to turn over part of a municipal park as part of the Indigenous \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/education/535779/land-back-the-indigenous-fight-to-reclaim-stolen-lands\">Land Back movement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If approved, the site known as Sequoia Point will be co-stewarded by the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a women-run nonprofit, and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, an East Bay Ohlone tribe, through the creation of a cultural conservation easement. Under that arrangement, the city will retain emergency access to the land but grant the trust the right to use it in perpetuity for natural resource restoration, cultural practices and public education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Corrina Gould, Lisjan Ohlone tribal chair and co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, the announcement is the culmination of nearly five years of planning and conversations with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a vision of a place in the hills that overlooks our territory, that holds us in a basket as we offer prayers, a way for us to tell our story as Lisjan people,” said Gould at a press conference announcing the plans. “A way for us to engage our relatives from all walks of life into stewarding this land in the way that it should be stewarded again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from the trust said they’re in talks with planners and architects about what the site might look like, including options for a public education component, such as space for workshops about Ohlone heritage and culture and the Indigenous Land Back movement, a growing effort to return stolen land to the descendants of Indigenous people who inhabited it for millennia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925212\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"a poster board showing a mockup of a gazebo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1-800x593.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1-1020x756.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/IMG_8787-2-1-1536x1138.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At a Sept. 8, 2022, press conference, Oakland officials and members of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust shared a mock-up image of a structure the trust is hoping to build at the Sequoia Point site. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The land transfer must still be approved by several committees, including Oakland’s Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, and the City Council. City Council Member Sheng Thao, who represents the district in which Sequoia Point is located, will host a community meeting on September 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Corrina Gould, co-founder, Sogorea Te' Land Trust\"]‘We have a vision of a place in the hills that overlooks our territory … a way for us to engage our relatives from all walks of life into stewarding this land in the way that it should be stewarded again.’[/pullquote]Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said she expects the City Council’s approval by the end of the year. Returning the land to Native stewardship, said Schaaf in a statement, is a way to “offer some redress for past injustices to Native people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope the work we are doing in Oakland with the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust can serve as a model for other cities working to return Indigenous land to the Indigenous community we stole it from,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11902489,news_11848769,news_11903991\"]Land transfers to Native American groups have made headlines in recent years elsewhere in California. In January, the San Francisco-based Save the Redwoods League bought a remote 523-acre plot of redwoods on the Lost Coast and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11902489/a-real-blessing-tribal-group-reclaims-more-than-500-acres-of-northern-california-redwoods\">transferred ownership to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council\u003c/a>, or Sinkyone Council, which includes members of 10 federally recognized tribes in Mendocino and Lake counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sequoia Point would mark a notable outgrowth of the movement into a densely populated city — one of the first times municipal urban land has been returned to a Native group in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould said that for Native people, an announcement like Thursday’s is just the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really want to lift up that the city of Oakland is the first one to do this,” she said. “And I’m hoping that we can use this as a blueprint for other cities that say, ‘We can’t do this.’ There are other tribes around California that want this to happen … they can use this as an example: Yes, it can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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We’ve been trying for decades.’[/pullquote]This fall, schools are once again charging for lunch and breakfast, and people who run school food programs are back to the familiar scramble to get students signed up for free and reduced-price meals — and to the familiar worry that some kids will feel stigmatized for getting free meals, end up in lunch debt or go hungry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those arguing for universal free meals say that it would put an end to that stigma and to administrative hurdles that can prevent parents from signing their kids up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11882605,news_11922685]While advocates say Republican opposition to expanding school feeding programs is daunting, they haven’t given up on the idea of making school meals free for all. Instead, they’re trying to keep the momentum going by backing state-level efforts that could eventually lay the groundwork for federal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>States move to free school meals for all kids\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This year, California, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Nevada will offer free meals to all public school students, regardless of their family’s income. Connecticut has also funded free meals for part of this year, and Colorado voters will decide in November whether to make school meals free to all. Universal meals legislation has been introduced in a number of other states, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Maryland and North Carolina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A state-by-state approach isn’t ideal, says Clarissa Hayes, deputy director of school and out-of-school time programs at the Food Research & Action Center, but it’s still an important step — one that never would have happened if the pandemic hadn’t hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really moved the needle,” she says. “We are excited to see what’s happening in the states, and in most cases, it is a bipartisan effort and there are a lot of partners at the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But whether action at the state level will translate into more support for federal universal school meals legislation is unclear, says Katie Wilson, the executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance. “You can roll the dice,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While state initiatives could help popularize the idea of universal meals, they could also give federal lawmakers cover to argue that the question of whether to make meals universally free is best left to state legislatures, she says. That would sell kids short, Wilson says, noting that children’s access to healthy food should not depend on their zip codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter how much support universal school meals have at the state level, Republican opposition in Congress is formidable, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, there is just not the desire to do universal school meals at a national level from one side of the aisle,” she says. “So how do you change that? We don’t know. We’ve been trying for decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal lawmakers will likely hear from constituents upset that kids’ access to school meals has been curtailed at a time when so many families continue to struggle with food insecurity, and high food and fuel prices, says Diane Pratt-Heavner, director of media relations at the School Nutrition Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she says that passing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-omar-gillibrand-and-moore-seek-to-expand-and-make-permanent-universal-school-meals/\">universal meals legislation\u003c/a>, of the sort that Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. 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In its current form, the provision allows schools where at least 40% of students are “directly certified” — that is, enrolled in federal safety net programs like SNAP or TANF or are in the foster care system — to offer free meals to all students at the school, regardless of need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 2021-22 school year, 33,300 schools serving 16.2 million children used the provision, according to a USDA spokesperson — that’s nearly a third of the nation’s 49.5 million public school students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates say that the program isn’t reaching as far as it could. That’s because under the current rules, schools that have between 40% and 62.5% of their students directly certified still have to pay for a portion of the meals they serve, which not all schools or districts can afford or want to do. 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Currently, Medi-Cal managed-care plans and commercial providers such as Kaiser don’t reimburse counties’ behavioral health departments for children without a clinical diagnosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could change with legislation, namely \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB552/id/2494655\">AB 552\u003c/a>, which is now on the governor’s desk. It would nudge private health care plans to work with counties to reimburse community providers such as Seneca, Lincoln Families and East Bay Agency for Children in Alameda County for providing treatment for students with more moderate needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we were to set up kids with therapy support like preventative, you know, we wouldn't have fifth graders that have suicidal ideation,” said Inga, who works for Seneca.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An investment in mental health\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has begun an unprecedented investment toward meeting the mental health needs of K-12 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is $4.4 billion for a\u003ca href=\"https://www.chhs.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Children-and-Youth-Behavioral-Health-Initiative-Brief.pdf\"> youth and adolescent mental health initiative\u003c/a> to reduce structural barriers to kids getting care inside schools; another $4.1 billion for\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/california-ready-to-launch-3-billion-multi-year-transition-to-community-schools/666571\"> community schools\u003c/a>, which includes money aimed at mental health needs; plus billions more in federal and state pandemic relief dollars, some of which is also aimed at helping students recover from depression and anxiety brought on during the pandemic and subsequent school closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the third round of federal pandemic funding to schools, Oakland Unified got over $100 million dollars. According to records filed with the state in May this year, the district only shows spending about $650,000 of that money. And of that, the district reports nearly half went toward mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by the time the COVID relief money trickled down to Bridges, the school ended up with just $20,000 prioritized for mental health. The money was not enough for even one full-time therapist with benefits, which costs about $160,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says it hasn’t spent all the resources yet, and is spacing out the investment. It says school sites last year requested the investments they wanted based on their site needs, and that they had flexibility in how to spend the dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comelo and staff decided to use their $20,000 to hire a part-time clinical therapist for two hours each week. Inga and the part-time clinician decided to start a six-week, group therapy session with eight to nine students, nearly all of whom were native Mam speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the beginning, everybody was really quiet and shy,” Inga said. Inga had previously worked with youth in detention camps along the border, and she could relate as an immigrant herself. “My parents brought me here when I was 15, and not having that support … my experiences led me here to this group,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the students joining in the first newly formed preventive therapy group was 10-year-old Heymer Domingo Godinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11924358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11924358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two young girls wearing red decorative shirts and long black skirts prepare food with one holding a vegetable and cutting board and the other holding the handle of a pan with food.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Heymer Johana (left) and Katy Noeli Domingo Godinez cook eggs at their home in Oakland after school on Aug. 30, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I first got here to Bridges Academy, I was afraid. I was crying, because I was scared of the students,” Heymer said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer had arrived from Guatemala with her dad in first grade, screaming, kicking and crying when dropped off at school. She was scared to come to school because back in Guatemala she had been too young to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer and her teachers describe having to hold Heymer to calm her and get her to stay in classes. By fourth grade, Heymer says she had just one friend. Inga says kids like Heymer were confused about where they fit in at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were not really feeling like they could trust other people,” Inga explained. “Like once they came here, there was no space to really talk about themselves and their culture.” On top of that, the pandemic hit families like Heymer’s living in East Oakland especially hard; her parents lost work and nearly lost their housing, before the school stepped in to help raise money for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Heymer and the other students gathered in the small group therapy session, Inga asked each of them to bring something that represented them. Inga said it was Heymer who asked if she could wear her woven huipil and corte, the traditional Mayan Mam clothing she wore at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11924357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11924357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two young girls wearing red decorative shirts and long black skirts face the kitchen counter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Heymer Johana (left) and Katy Noeli Domingo Godinez prepare food at their home in Oakland after school on Aug. 30, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heymer was nervous, and a bit afraid of being under the microscope. “Because some people are looking at us and some people are thinking, ‘Why is some girl wearing some corte like that?’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inga told her students they could expect to get some attention from their peers, but that they should see it as an opportunity rather than something they’d rather avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Listen, some other kids might look at you weird, but it's because they haven't been exposed to other cultures,\" Inga said she told them. \"And if they ask you or say something mean, it's like, you know, 'Let me just, let me tell you about my culture, let me tell you what this means.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the group therapy sessions were taking place, other efforts on the part of teachers throughout the school were also unfolding, aimed at creating\u003ca href=\"https://news.ncsu.edu/2022/08/belonging-helps-black-latino-students-feel-engaged/\"> a greater sense of belonging\u003c/a> for the Mam students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that during parent-teacher conferences, I — and I'm pretty sure other teachers did this as well — explicitly told students in front of their families, ‘Please keep practicing your Mam. We do not want you to lose this language,’” said fourth grade teacher Vivian Yen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yen said some teachers began taking Mam language lessons, while others were critically rethinking their curricula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that my grade-level team, and the fifth grade and third grade, both did this. We were looking at our ELA [English language arts] curriculum because all of the texts are very white-centered,” Yen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think the murder of George Floyd did kind of push us to adjust our curriculum and make it a little bit more social justice-oriented and more ethnic studies-oriented. This is so that students would also have time to think about their own identities, thinking about how they fit in and can counter these racist narratives that we're given all the time,” Yen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11924356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11924356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two young girls wearing red decorative shirts and long black skirts sit on the grass outside a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Heymer Johana (left) and Katy Noeli Domingo Godinez sit in the grass outside their new school, Elmhurst United Middle School, in Oakland on Aug. 30, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The joy Heymer and the other students felt in wearing their cortes spread — more Mam-speaking students began wearing their traditional cortes on Fridays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the boys!” Inga said. “It was just beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When fifth grade graduation arrived, it was Heymer who welcomed parents to the event in Mam and led the performance. And for the first time, all students who presented recited poems in English, Spanish and Mam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers point to this as a culmination, and a defining moment, of the culture change they had worked so hard to achieve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly I think it was just the buildup of a bunch of tiny little things that led to this movement,” Yen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Heymer started sixth grade at Elmhurst United in East Oakland. As she walks the eight blocks to her new school, she likes to sing songs from her church, Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Sana Doctrina in Oakland. She says it makes her happy and calms her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer scouted the school out before classes began, scrutinizing staff photos on the bulletin board outside the school office, looking for faces and names of teachers she thought might speak Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says while she is worried about going to a new school, she is more confident now of who she is and what she can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to learn. I don’t care what people say about me. I only care about my mind and achieving my dreams,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer says if she has to, she’ll call on her old teachers at Bridges Academy for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To help a young person who may be struggling with depression or anxiety:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Dial 988: The 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now the\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988\">988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/MHPContactList.aspx\">Find your California county’s mental health services phone number.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Call the Family Paths Parenting Stress Helpline (English, Spanish) at (800) 829-3777, or \u003ca href=\"https://familypaths.org/\">visit its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://senecacommunityresources.weebly.com/\">Use Seneca community resources for California counties.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acbhcs.org/\">Visit the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Service webpage.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>However, when Covarrubias tried to refer students out to other community agencies they partner with, she says every one of them had a waitlist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll say, ‘OK, thank you for the referral, we'll get back to you.’ And sometimes it's months before they get matched to an individual who can support them and be their therapist,” Covarrubias said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And these were the acute cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridges therapist Inga says what makes matters worse is the lack of health care coverage for preventive care. Currently, Medi-Cal managed-care plans and commercial providers such as Kaiser don’t reimburse counties’ behavioral health departments for children without a clinical diagnosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could change with legislation, namely \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB552/id/2494655\">AB 552\u003c/a>, which is now on the governor’s desk. It would nudge private health care plans to work with counties to reimburse community providers such as Seneca, Lincoln Families and East Bay Agency for Children in Alameda County for providing treatment for students with more moderate needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we were to set up kids with therapy support like preventative, you know, we wouldn't have fifth graders that have suicidal ideation,” said Inga, who works for Seneca.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An investment in mental health\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has begun an unprecedented investment toward meeting the mental health needs of K-12 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is $4.4 billion for a\u003ca href=\"https://www.chhs.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Children-and-Youth-Behavioral-Health-Initiative-Brief.pdf\"> youth and adolescent mental health initiative\u003c/a> to reduce structural barriers to kids getting care inside schools; another $4.1 billion for\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/california-ready-to-launch-3-billion-multi-year-transition-to-community-schools/666571\"> community schools\u003c/a>, which includes money aimed at mental health needs; plus billions more in federal and state pandemic relief dollars, some of which is also aimed at helping students recover from depression and anxiety brought on during the pandemic and subsequent school closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the third round of federal pandemic funding to schools, Oakland Unified got over $100 million dollars. According to records filed with the state in May this year, the district only shows spending about $650,000 of that money. And of that, the district reports nearly half went toward mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by the time the COVID relief money trickled down to Bridges, the school ended up with just $20,000 prioritized for mental health. The money was not enough for even one full-time therapist with benefits, which costs about $160,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says it hasn’t spent all the resources yet, and is spacing out the investment. It says school sites last year requested the investments they wanted based on their site needs, and that they had flexibility in how to spend the dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comelo and staff decided to use their $20,000 to hire a part-time clinical therapist for two hours each week. Inga and the part-time clinician decided to start a six-week, group therapy session with eight to nine students, nearly all of whom were native Mam speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the beginning, everybody was really quiet and shy,” Inga said. Inga had previously worked with youth in detention camps along the border, and she could relate as an immigrant herself. “My parents brought me here when I was 15, and not having that support … my experiences led me here to this group,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the students joining in the first newly formed preventive therapy group was 10-year-old Heymer Domingo Godinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11924358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11924358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two young girls wearing red decorative shirts and long black skirts prepare food with one holding a vegetable and cutting board and the other holding the handle of a pan with food.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58258_019_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Heymer Johana (left) and Katy Noeli Domingo Godinez cook eggs at their home in Oakland after school on Aug. 30, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I first got here to Bridges Academy, I was afraid. I was crying, because I was scared of the students,” Heymer said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer had arrived from Guatemala with her dad in first grade, screaming, kicking and crying when dropped off at school. She was scared to come to school because back in Guatemala she had been too young to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer and her teachers describe having to hold Heymer to calm her and get her to stay in classes. By fourth grade, Heymer says she had just one friend. Inga says kids like Heymer were confused about where they fit in at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were not really feeling like they could trust other people,” Inga explained. “Like once they came here, there was no space to really talk about themselves and their culture.” On top of that, the pandemic hit families like Heymer’s living in East Oakland especially hard; her parents lost work and nearly lost their housing, before the school stepped in to help raise money for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Heymer and the other students gathered in the small group therapy session, Inga asked each of them to bring something that represented them. Inga said it was Heymer who asked if she could wear her woven huipil and corte, the traditional Mayan Mam clothing she wore at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11924357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11924357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two young girls wearing red decorative shirts and long black skirts face the kitchen counter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58255_017_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Heymer Johana (left) and Katy Noeli Domingo Godinez prepare food at their home in Oakland after school on Aug. 30, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heymer was nervous, and a bit afraid of being under the microscope. “Because some people are looking at us and some people are thinking, ‘Why is some girl wearing some corte like that?’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inga told her students they could expect to get some attention from their peers, but that they should see it as an opportunity rather than something they’d rather avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Listen, some other kids might look at you weird, but it's because they haven't been exposed to other cultures,\" Inga said she told them. \"And if they ask you or say something mean, it's like, you know, 'Let me just, let me tell you about my culture, let me tell you what this means.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the group therapy sessions were taking place, other efforts on the part of teachers throughout the school were also unfolding, aimed at creating\u003ca href=\"https://news.ncsu.edu/2022/08/belonging-helps-black-latino-students-feel-engaged/\"> a greater sense of belonging\u003c/a> for the Mam students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that during parent-teacher conferences, I — and I'm pretty sure other teachers did this as well — explicitly told students in front of their families, ‘Please keep practicing your Mam. We do not want you to lose this language,’” said fourth grade teacher Vivian Yen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yen said some teachers began taking Mam language lessons, while others were critically rethinking their curricula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that my grade-level team, and the fifth grade and third grade, both did this. We were looking at our ELA [English language arts] curriculum because all of the texts are very white-centered,” Yen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think the murder of George Floyd did kind of push us to adjust our curriculum and make it a little bit more social justice-oriented and more ethnic studies-oriented. This is so that students would also have time to think about their own identities, thinking about how they fit in and can counter these racist narratives that we're given all the time,” Yen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11924356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11924356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two young girls wearing red decorative shirts and long black skirts sit on the grass outside a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58249_014_BridgesAcademyMamStudents_08302022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisters Heymer Johana (left) and Katy Noeli Domingo Godinez sit in the grass outside their new school, Elmhurst United Middle School, in Oakland on Aug. 30, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The joy Heymer and the other students felt in wearing their cortes spread — more Mam-speaking students began wearing their traditional cortes on Fridays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the boys!” Inga said. “It was just beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When fifth grade graduation arrived, it was Heymer who welcomed parents to the event in Mam and led the performance. And for the first time, all students who presented recited poems in English, Spanish and Mam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers point to this as a culmination, and a defining moment, of the culture change they had worked so hard to achieve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly I think it was just the buildup of a bunch of tiny little things that led to this movement,” Yen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Heymer started sixth grade at Elmhurst United in East Oakland. As she walks the eight blocks to her new school, she likes to sing songs from her church, Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Sana Doctrina in Oakland. She says it makes her happy and calms her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer scouted the school out before classes began, scrutinizing staff photos on the bulletin board outside the school office, looking for faces and names of teachers she thought might speak Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says while she is worried about going to a new school, she is more confident now of who she is and what she can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to learn. I don’t care what people say about me. I only care about my mind and achieving my dreams,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heymer says if she has to, she’ll call on her old teachers at Bridges Academy for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To help a young person who may be struggling with depression or anxiety:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Dial 988: The 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now the\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/988\">988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/MHPContactList.aspx\">Find your California county’s mental health services phone number.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Call the Family Paths Parenting Stress Helpline (English, Spanish) at (800) 829-3777, or \u003ca href=\"https://familypaths.org/\">visit its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://senecacommunityresources.weebly.com/\">Use Seneca community resources for California counties.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acbhcs.org/\">Visit the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Service webpage.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The teacher shortage has struck most districts in California, but an EdSource survey shows that the impacts are nuanced, uneven — and sometimes inequitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even within the same district, some schools — particularly those in wealthier neighborhoods — experienced less teacher turnover and were more likely to start the school year with a full staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, many districts that serve large numbers of high-needs students reported severe teacher shortages as the school year began, leaving students with substitutes or administrators to fill in until the district could hire more staff.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label='California Schools' tag='teachers']\u003c/span>“The teacher shortage is not a mass exodus story. There’s variation,” said Desiree Carver-Thomas, researcher and policy analyst for the Learning Policy Institute, who’s \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/california-covid-19-teacher-workforce-report\">studied the issue\u003c/a>. “But there are very significant shortages in some districts, and that’s having a big impact on students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Ana Unified, for example, where almost 90% of students come from lower-income families, the district reported 52 teacher vacancies last week, with almost half in special education, a notoriously hard-to-staff division. That may seem insignificant for a district that has more than 2,300 teachers on the payroll, but those vacancies have left district leaders scrambling. If they can’t find enough substitutes, the district plans to reassign those students to other classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not that Santa Ana isn’t trying. So far, they’ve hired 75 teachers for the 2022-23 school year, in addition to 318 teachers they hired last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Santa Ana Unified continues to experience the same, if not greater, shortage of applicants for both certificated and classified positions,” district spokesperson Fermin Leal said, noting the tight competition among neighboring districts to recruit and hire teachers quickly. “We are proud of all the applicants who have chosen and who do choose to work with SAUSD.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long Beach Unified, where more than 66% of students come from lower-income families, also reported a severe teacher shortage. Even after hiring 277 teachers over the summer, the district still has 45 vacancies. Oakland Unified, which has about 20,000 fewer students than Long Beach, has 34 vacancies after a hiring binge of 474 teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A nationwide problem\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The teacher shortage is not unique to California — in fact, California isn’t even among the most affected, according to \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai22-631.pdf\">research\u003c/a> from Brown University’s Annenberg Institute. Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Kansas and numerous other states all face dire shortages as the school year begins, according to the report. Teachers everywhere have been quitting, sometimes even in the middle of the school year, citing the stress of working through COVID, an uptick in student misbehavior after the return to in-person classes and a lack of respect from parents, among other complaints. A February \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/survey-alarming-number-educators-may-soon-leave-profession\">survey\u003c/a> by the National Education Association teachers union found that 55% were seriously considering leaving their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combined with new funding to expand staff, many districts have been left with greater-than-expected hiring needs. And those subjects that were difficult to staff even before the pandemic — such as special education, bilingual education, math and science — are even more affected now.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Desiree Carver-Thomas, researcher and policy analyst, Learning Policy Institute']‘There are very significant shortages in some districts, and that’s having a big impact on students.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>EdSource collected teacher hiring data from 16 districts representing a sampling of California: urban, rural, coastal, valley, large, small, affluent and lower-income. Every district but two (Riverside Unified and Trona Joint Unified near Death Valley) reported a shortage of some kind. Seven said they had nearly filled all their vacancies, while the remaining seven said they were experiencing steep shortfalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Unified managed to fill all but eight of 500 vacancies by the start of the school year, in part by offering bonuses of up to $2,000 for teachers to work in special or bilingual education or in academically low-achieving schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Unified \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/los-angeles-unified-to-enter-new-school-year-with-fewer-classroom-vacancies/676443\">made headlines\u003c/a> last week when it announced it had filled 99% of its teacher vacancies. Clovis Unified, near Fresno, said it had 22 vacancies when school started, but the district expects to fill those positions soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not seeing any extreme teacher shortage like what’s happening in other parts of the state. We’re actually in pretty good shape for our hiring,” said district spokesperson Kelly Avants. “Even when you look at some of the STEM areas and advanced math and science in high school, we’re fully staffed in those areas right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Creative solutions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some districts in California, such as \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2017/fresno-tackles-its-shortage-of-math-and-science-teachers/581342\">Fresno\u003c/a>, have been grappling with teacher shortages for years and had already embraced creative ways to attract and retain teachers. Bonuses, money for home down payments and student loan forgiveness were among the tools districts used to lure potential teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those districts had also established close relationships with local colleges to create a seamless transition from a credential program to employment. Fresno went a step further and opened “teacher academies” in high schools, so students can get a jump-start on their teaching careers while still students themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts that have been proactive about hiring find themselves in better shape now, Carver-Thomas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also credited the state’s efforts to bolster the teacher pipeline. The new \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://gstg.csac.ca.gov/\">Golden State Teacher Grant Program \u003c/a>offers up to $20,000 for those pursuing teaching, counseling or school social work degrees. Salary increases, retention bonuses and teacher residencies also help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It did seem to make a difference,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside Unified bucked the trend. The district has a high percentage of students from lower-income families — 72% — but has not struggled to fill positions like many districts with similar demographics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyley Ybarra, assistant superintendent of personnel, said her department has been trying to increase the teacher pipeline for years. The district has boosted salaries to compete with neighboring districts, raising the starting salary for a new teacher to $66,933. They’ve also lowered class sizes, added professional development courses and offered to pay for the second step of teachers’ credential process, which can cost up to $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest help has been the district’s relationship with its three local universities, Ybarra said. By providing student-teaching jobs for college students, the district has seen a big boost in prospective teachers applying for jobs after they graduate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district still has to hire hundreds of teachers a year, typically, but college partnerships relieve much of the stress, Ybarra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They get to know us, they feel comfortable, and many decide they want to stay,” Ybarra said. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s made a world of difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/teacher-shortage-depends-where-you-look/677497\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This story originally appeared in EdSource.\u003c/span>\u003c/i> \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>President Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1118879917/student-loan-forgiveness-biden\">announcement \u003c/a>to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients has ignited enthusiasm from progressive Democrats lawmakers. But the plan’s high cost has put some moderate Democratic candidates on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wednesday announcement builds on the momentum from Biden’s summer successes of passing major legislation on climate, health care and veterans benefits. And it comes just a few months before the midterm elections — at a time when Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/\">approval rating\u003c/a> has been hovering around 38%, though according to polling from Gallup in the days just before the announcement, he’s enjoying \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/398117/biden-job-rating-rises-highest-year.aspx\">an uptick to 44%, his highest in a year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move impacts 43 million borrowers, and particularly targets Black borrowers, who, on average, need to take out more loans to pay for higher education, and take longer to pay it back compared to their white counterparts. Overall, it’s a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/bidens-move-cancel-student-debt-popular-rcna44658\">politically popular\u003c/a> decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Democrats needed this,” Andre Perry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told NPR. “I tend to believe people who deliver policy will win the day. … We’re months away and Biden is building momentum at the right time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans immediately spoke out against student debt forgiveness after Biden’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces in order to avoid taking on debt,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said. “This policy is astonishingly unfair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden has said to Republicans that he won’t apologize for taking steps to help middle- and lower-income Americans. 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Tim Ryan, a Democrat, said Wednesday that the plan sends the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/08/24/student-loan-forgiveness-democrat-tim-ryan-criticizes-biden-plan/65418390007/\">wrong message” \u003c/a>to Ohioans who don’t have a college degree. Ryan is up against Trump-backed Republican J.D. Vance in one of the tightest Senate races in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>There’s also concern about how much the plan will cost\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another concern is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119480758/the-economic-arguments-for-and-against-bidens-student-debt-relief-plans\">sheer cost\u003c/a> of forgiving student debt. \u003ca href=\"https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2022/8/26/biden-student-loan-forgiveness\">Estimates from the University of Pennsylvania\u003c/a> show the plan could cost around $1 trillion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who is up for reelection, said \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1562527467273072640?s=20&t=7mKTDasMsh2o3CbyikEBQw\">Wednesday\u003c/a> that the White House should have laid out a more targeted plan, and a way to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While immediate relief to families is important, one-time debt cancellation does not solve the underlying problem,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=9568BC88-E5CA-469A-B22A-2BBFD1B1A364\">Bennet said\u003c/a>. “Moving forward, we need to reform the system that got us here in the first place with solutions to bring down the absurd cost of college. … And we need to continue our work to build career pathways to economic security for every American, including those who choose not to pursue a two or four-year degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bennet’s opponent, Joe O’Dea, wrote in an email to supporters: “Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme doesn’t erase the debt. It puts $300 billion of new debt on the backs of working Americans. The debt is a national crisis. This compounds it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Some experts say it’s still a political win for Biden\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite pushback from Republicans and some Democrats, Perry says youth voter turnout due to debt forgiveness will make a critical difference in the election. And he adds the argument that forgiving student loan debt is “unfair” likely won’t cause voters to flip on a candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It certainly energizes young people and people with student loan debt, which also includes many Republicans. I think this will have more of a unifying effect than any negative politics consequences he may face,” Perry said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall, it’s a political win for Biden because he’s delivering on his promises, he has a chance to pick up on some moderate Republicans who have debt. … This is a universal issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry also says that even groups and lawmakers who are calling for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119568495/does-bidens-student-loan-plan-do-enough-for-black-graduates\">more debt cancellation\u003c/a> will have to applaud Biden’s announcement and stay connected to the president, which he says is a “crafty” move from the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominique Baker, a professor at Southern Methodist University and expert in education policy, said that while there isn’t enough research to say how this debt cancellation policy will play out politically, previous research shows that student loan forgiveness does have a “material improvement” on peoples’ lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see that people are more easily able to move around the country, they are earning more money, they are able to reduce the share of defaults that they have on things like credit cards and other types of loans,” Baker said. “It feels like one of the best ways to govern is to try to do things to improve peoples’ lives, and then make sure people know that you did things to improve their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker added that because Biden included more debt forgiveness for Pell Grant recipients in particular, the benefits will extend more to Black and Latinx borrowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And among some borrowers, it’s providing a bit of hope — and potentially motivation to go to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like a beacon of hope in field of hopelessness when everything else is going wrong,” Sean Wiggs, a junior at UNC Charlotte and a digital strategist for Gen-Z for Change, told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Biden’s announcement, Wiggs will have some of his debt forgiven and he says it’s a good first step — and one that he thinks will motivate his peers to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people who may have been apathetic about voting saying, hey, if the government actually works for me, then why would I not go and vote? ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2022 NPR. 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Vance in one of the tightest Senate races in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>There’s also concern about how much the plan will cost\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another concern is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119480758/the-economic-arguments-for-and-against-bidens-student-debt-relief-plans\">sheer cost\u003c/a> of forgiving student debt. \u003ca href=\"https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2022/8/26/biden-student-loan-forgiveness\">Estimates from the University of Pennsylvania\u003c/a> show the plan could cost around $1 trillion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who is up for reelection, said \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1562527467273072640?s=20&t=7mKTDasMsh2o3CbyikEBQw\">Wednesday\u003c/a> that the White House should have laid out a more targeted plan, and a way to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While immediate relief to families is important, one-time debt cancellation does not solve the underlying problem,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=9568BC88-E5CA-469A-B22A-2BBFD1B1A364\">Bennet said\u003c/a>. “Moving forward, we need to reform the system that got us here in the first place with solutions to bring down the absurd cost of college. … And we need to continue our work to build career pathways to economic security for every American, including those who choose not to pursue a two or four-year degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bennet’s opponent, Joe O’Dea, wrote in an email to supporters: “Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme doesn’t erase the debt. It puts $300 billion of new debt on the backs of working Americans. The debt is a national crisis. This compounds it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Some experts say it’s still a political win for Biden\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite pushback from Republicans and some Democrats, Perry says youth voter turnout due to debt forgiveness will make a critical difference in the election. And he adds the argument that forgiving student loan debt is “unfair” likely won’t cause voters to flip on a candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It certainly energizes young people and people with student loan debt, which also includes many Republicans. I think this will have more of a unifying effect than any negative politics consequences he may face,” Perry said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall, it’s a political win for Biden because he’s delivering on his promises, he has a chance to pick up on some moderate Republicans who have debt. … This is a universal issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry also says that even groups and lawmakers who are calling for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119568495/does-bidens-student-loan-plan-do-enough-for-black-graduates\">more debt cancellation\u003c/a> will have to applaud Biden’s announcement and stay connected to the president, which he says is a “crafty” move from the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominique Baker, a professor at Southern Methodist University and expert in education policy, said that while there isn’t enough research to say how this debt cancellation policy will play out politically, previous research shows that student loan forgiveness does have a “material improvement” on peoples’ lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see that people are more easily able to move around the country, they are earning more money, they are able to reduce the share of defaults that they have on things like credit cards and other types of loans,” Baker said. “It feels like one of the best ways to govern is to try to do things to improve peoples’ lives, and then make sure people know that you did things to improve their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker added that because Biden included more debt forgiveness for Pell Grant recipients in particular, the benefits will extend more to Black and Latinx borrowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And among some borrowers, it’s providing a bit of hope — and potentially motivation to go to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is like a beacon of hope in field of hopelessness when everything else is going wrong,” Sean Wiggs, a junior at UNC Charlotte and a digital strategist for Gen-Z for Change, told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Biden’s announcement, Wiggs will have some of his debt forgiven and he says it’s a good first step — and one that he thinks will motivate his peers to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Across California, parents’ pandemic-era frustrations over everything from COVID school closures and safety protocols to the power of teachers unions are driving them to run for school boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are motivated by national controversies, such as critical race theory and LGBTQ+ education. Others want to make sure the record amount of money pouring into California schools benefits students directly. According to the California School Boards Association, about half of the approximately 5,000 school board seats in the state are up for election this year, but there’s no official count of how many parents are running for these offices that have drawn so much ire during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear that we’re really investing in our public schools,” said Taylor Kayatta, a parent and school board candidate in Sacramento. “Whatever money we’re making this year should be spent on this year’s students. I don’t like the idea of putting money away just to put it away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayatta said he wants to streamline the clunky bureaucracy at Sacramento City Unified, which he and his family experienced firsthand. As he goes door to door to speak to voters, he starts the conversation with the story of his son and the struggle to get him a speech therapist through the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a year or two where every day I’d wake up and say, ‘Is this the day when we put our house on the market and move to Folsom?’” he said. “Because if I couldn’t get my son the services he needed, there was only so much I could push.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 37-year-old attorney is seeking public office for the first time. Kayatta’s campaign for school board is a throwback to pre-pandemic times: more transparency, better communication and fiscal responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local teachers union at Sacramento City Unified endorsed him, but Kayatta knows the endorsement might be a liability. Antagonism toward teachers unions fueled much of the parent activism during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People might say that I’m a lackey,” he said. “But I’ve told the union that I’m not going to silence myself.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11922860,news_11879696,news_11907806\"]In other parts of the state, parents who believed their personal liberties were violated by mask and vaccine mandates and sex education curricula found allies among school choice advocates and longtime opponents of teachers unions. The state Republican party has been tapping into this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11922860/california-republicans-are-betting-big-on-local-school-board-races\">“parental rights” platform\u003c/a> to support candidates it believes are aligned with its agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some school boards are struggling to find viable candidates. In some cases, that means that candidates some consider extremists, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-Bay-Area-school-board-candidate-holds-extremist-17370172.php\">Dennis Delisle in Morgan Hill\u003c/a>, run unopposed. In Sacramento County, Jeffrey Perrine, who last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article264522856.html\">told The Sacramento Bee\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article264522856.html\">he was a member of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys\u003c/a>, is running for the board of the San Juan Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayatta said he’s more focused on making sure his district spends its money on teachers, avoids future labor disputes and attracts more families to its schools. He said Sacramento City Unified has been insulated from the national controversies that have plagued other districts during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In urban districts, those aren’t huge issues,” Kayatta said. “I think it’s something of a blue bubble, maybe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even in San Diego, school board candidates struggled to see eye to eye with voters who seemed to only want to talk about sex education and critical race theory, an academic framework that examines how race is a construct of society and its laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told them parents always had control, that they could always opt out and that there were no critical race theory-based classes,” said Lily Higman, who ran in the June primary for San Diego Unified’s school board and lost. “But they were pushing these issues so hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higman’s platform included hiring more counselors and addressing chronic absenteeism. But voters’ obsession with national education controversies consumed the conversation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t let them shape my platform, and that was probably to my detriment,” Higman said. “There’s such a big group of kids that have fallen behind, and while voters agree with that, they can’t get off critical race theory and sex ed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vladimir Kogan, a political science professor at The Ohio State University who has written about local politics in California, said he’s skeptical that the most vocal voters are representative of a community. He said a large body of research shows that candidates often misperceive public opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is always the danger of democracy,” he said. “It’s always hard to know what your constituents want because it’s so expensive to poll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The year of the parent’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Lily Higman, June primary candidate, San Diego Unified school board\"]‘There’s such a big group of kids that have fallen behind, and while voters agree with that, they can’t get off critical race theory and sex ed.’[/pullquote]In Orange County, opposition to COVID safety protocols converged with advocacy for charter schools. The Orange County Board of Education drew public attention during the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-04/o-c-board-of-education-to-sue-newsom-over-k-12-school-mask-mandate\">when it sued Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> for mandating masks on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were saying, ‘I don’t want my kids vaccinated and I don’t want my kids masked,’” said former board president Mari Barke. “I think this is going to be the year of the parent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barke was mentioned \u003ca href=\"https://www.salon.com/2022/03/15/how-this-tiny-christian-college-is-driving-the-rights-nationwide-against-public-schools/\">in a Salon article\u003c/a> in March that pointed out that her husband, Jeff Barke, a physician who denied the severity of COVID-19, had founded a charter school that uses curriculum provided by a Christian college. Barke said she recused herself when the county board voted to approve the charter school. But her opponents remain critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Barke was up for reelection, a race that was characterized as a referendum on her leadership. Barke defeated Martha Fluor, a former board member at Newport-Mesa Unified. Fluor ran with the teachers union endorsement and lost with 32% of the vote to Barke’s 59%. Barke said she wanted to run to protect the rights of “mama bears and papa bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think just naturally, if you are uncomfortable with the mandates at your local district, then you might want more options, whether that’s to attend a virtual school or a charter school in the area,” Barke said. “When people feel their parental rights are being diminished to a degree, I think they want more options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fluor, a former Republican who left the party after the Jan. 6 insurrection, said she ran to defeat what she called an extremist coalition subjecting schools to its political agenda. Fluor said the county board would often pray before meetings and opposed masks and vaccines. She said she and other like-minded candidates would have won if the election had been held in November, when more people are likely to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This race was really about political, ultraconservative ideology versus what’s in the best interest of kids,” Fluor said. “The low voter turnout was our downfall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political scientists have long suspected that the parents who show up at board meetings don’t necessarily represent the majority of their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably the case that the most vocal people on both sides are really the vocal minority, and they’re not speaking for most parents,” said Kogan, the political science professor. “That’s especially going to be true in urban districts serving the most disadvantaged students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most vocal organizations has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.letthembreathe.net/\">Let Them Breathe\u003c/a>, which started as a group of parents opposing mask mandates at school districts in Southern California. Sharon McKeeman, founder of the group, is now running for the Carlsbad Unified school board in northern San Diego County. In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-12-20/sd-me-san-diego-unified-mandate-ruling\">Let Them Breathe sued San Diego Unified\u003c/a>, the second-largest district in the state, over its vaccine mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKeeman said she’s seeking office after witnessing teachers unions using students as a “bargaining chip” and delaying the reopening of schools after they were shut down in the early days of the pandemic. She said she’ll refuse to reinstate any mask mandates, even if teachers unions push for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will provide them with the resources so they can focus on teaching,” she said. “I’m just not going to bow to union interests.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Martha Fluor, June primary candidate, Orange County Board of Education\"]‘This race was really about political, ultraconservative ideology versus what’s in the best interest of kids.’[/pullquote]McKeeman said most teachers wanted to come back to in-person instruction sooner. She said she would be open to salary increases for teachers, considering how much money is going to public school districts. She wants to hire more art teachers in particular and reduce class sizes to raise math and reading test scores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she’s also calling for more parental oversight of what’s being taught in classrooms, especially when it comes to sex education. Parents who became politically active by opposing vaccine and mask mandates also seem to oppose lessons that “divide the family unit,” McKeeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents saw the government overreach and force their children into masks,” she said. “Those parents are looking into what else is going on in their children’s school and curriculum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, Kayatta said parents support masking and vaccines. He said districts need to remain vigilant and reinstate masking policies if the number of cases and hospitalizations rises again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of school districts in the country are like, ‘That’s over now,’” Kayatta said. “I don’t think we’re quite there yet. I think we need to keep an eye on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to local school governance, parent activists want \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2022/06/california-schools-stimulus-funds-oversight/\">transparency\u003c/a> in how districts are handling the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11879696/special-ed-and-high-needs-students-get-windfall-in-budget-deal\">billions of dollars in federal relief money\u003c/a> they are receiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before COVID, if you asked parents to name a member of their school board, I guarantee most would have come up with nothing,” said Megan Bacigalupi, the founder of CA Parent Power, a parent advocacy group established during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bacigalupi said parents are most concerned about the quality of education and the mental health of students. “Risk of COVID infection is dead last,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t mean to keep talking about COVID, but there’s certainly money being spent on it,” she said. “Where parents want the money to be allocated is very different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayatta said he disagrees with large parts of the growing parent coalition, but he believes the new interest in politics among parents has made it easier to campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think parents are paying a lot more attention now on either side,” Kayatta said. “A lot of that came from having your kids at home. 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Biden also extended the federal student loan payment pause through Dec. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In keeping with my campaign promise, my Administration is announcing a plan to give working and middle class families breathing room as they prepare to resume federal student loan payments in January 2023,” Biden said in a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/potus/status/1562462774969581570?s=21&t=UJK9CIR6nRX0gqdWgMR-mw\">tweet\u003c/a> on Wednesday.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=news_11923443 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/Biden-Student-Debt-1020x678.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement, “Today, we’re delivering targeted relief that will help ensure borrowers are not placed in a worse position financially because of the pandemic, and restore trust in a system that should be creating opportunity, not a debt trap.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To qualify for the $10,000 forgiveness, individual borrowers must earn less than $125,000 a year, or less than $250,000 a year for couples. To qualify for the $20,000 forgiveness, borrowers must meet those income requirements and must have received a Pell Grant in college. Pell Grants are designed to \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/grants/pell\">help low-income students\u003c/a> pay for higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Education estimates that, among borrowers who are no longer in school, nearly 90% of relief dollars will go to those earning less than $75,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 43 million borrowers will benefit, and 20 million will have their debt completely canceled, according to a senior administration official. The White House said more than 60% of current federal student loan borrowers also received Pell Grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1562472935138664448\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to benefit from this announcement, most borrowers will have to submit an application to verify their income. The Education Department said nearly 8 million borrowers already have income information on file, and should qualify to have their debts canceled automatically. The department will announce further details on how borrowers can claim this relief in the weeks ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Some borrowers are celebrating, others hoped for more\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many borrowers are celebrating Biden’s announcement: Giselle Parks of Orlando, Florida, expects to have her $5,000 in student loan debt completely erased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"student-loans\"]“Holy cow,” she said. “Holy cow… I need to tell my family immediately!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trianna Downing in D.C. said she was in shock. “I can’t even process it yet… At first I was, like, dancing, and then I was like, wait, should I log into my account and see if it actually happened?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downing expects her debts to drop from $16,000 to $6,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some higher-debt borrowers were left disappointed, especially after a group of House and Senate Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-schumer-pressley-colleagues-president-biden-can-and-should-use-executive-action-to-cancel-up-to-50000-in-federal-student-loan-debt-immediately\">had called on Biden\u003c/a> to cancel $50,000 in federal student debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to be excited about it,” says Briana Ford of Columbia, S.C. She owes almost $60,000 in student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t give it back, but it’s hard to be excited about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans aren’t too excited either. They’ve long argued against broad-based loan forgiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a slap in the face to those who never went to college, as well as borrowers who upheld their responsibility to taxpayers and paid back their loans,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, the top Republican on the House Education Committee, in a Tuesday night statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many economists and higher education experts also opposed the move, arguing that widespread debt cancellation would do nothing to fix the rising costs of college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crfb.org/blogs/means-testing-student-debt-cancellation-still-costly-and-regressive\">In a May analysis\u003c/a>, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated a policy like the one Biden announced would cost at least $230 billion, and warned that even income limits “would do almost nothing to alleviate the central issues with the policy, namely that it is regressive, inflationary, expensive, and would likely do more to increase the cost of higher education going forward than to reduce it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will it make inflation worse?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Experts have expressed concern that broad-based student loan forgiveness would exacerbate inflation, which is already one of Biden’s greatest political weaknesses heading into this fall’s midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Student loan debt relief is spending that raises demand and increases inflation,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1561701544600428545?s=20&t=_cyMqGhYgwtjk-FRQ0undQ\">tweeted\u003c/a> former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It consumes resources that could be better used helping those who did not, for whatever reason, have the chance to attend college. It will also tend to be inflationary by raising tuitions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summers’ opposition stirred considerable dissent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to tell a pretty bizarre story about expectations in order for loan forgiveness to boost inflation,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/dynarski/status/1562219895240237057\">responded\u003c/a> Susan Dynarski, an economist and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one has been making student loan payments for two years. Forgiveness will *not* increase cash flow to borrowers right now. That increase in available cash happened *2 years ago* when payments were suspended.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Borrowers have been waiting years for loan forgiveness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The loan forgiveness announcement comes more than two years after then-presidential candidate Joe Biden \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1241869418981920769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1241869418981920769%7Ctwgr%5Ef647c8db378a99325f87dac930be8cb62765aa1e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2021%2F12%2F07%2F1062070001%2Fstudent-loan-forgiveness-debt-president-biden-campaign-promise\">pledged to cancel\u003c/a> at least $10,000 in federal student loans. The pledge has followed the administration since. Wednesday’s move comes after several extensions to the student loan moratorium, and attempts by some Democrats to expand forgiveness from the original plan to $50,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/06/17/1104920545/poll-student-loan-forgiveness\">NPR/Ipsos poll\u003c/a> found a majority of the general public (55%) supported forgiving up to $10,000 of a person’s federal student loan debt. But the more generous the relief, the more that support narrowed. Forty-seven percent of all respondents said they supported forgiving up to $50,000 in debt, while 41% expressed support for wiping the slate completely clean for all borrowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for debt relief was, not surprisingly, higher among borrowers themselves. 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