Coronavirus: Schools and charities working to keep children fed →
School kitchens are being called on to provide dinners for children on free school meals after pupils are sent home due to the coronavirus crisis. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHas one of the Valley’s poorest districts figured out how to keep kids in school? →
At a time when rural schools all over California struggle to keep students in school, a three-year-old experiment in the Fresno County community of Parlier is showing some interesting results. THE FRESNO BEE
Read MoreCan California’s colleges be saved? →
Soaring tuition and slipping graduation rates have challenged the UC system’s renown. Now, an attempt to restore its former glory is underway. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreInstalling air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits →
$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third. VOX
Read MoreSouth Korean grannies keeping a school alive →
South Korea is running out of children. It has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. The impact is being keenly felt in rural areas where schools are struggling to fill classrooms and stay open. Facing a year without any first graders, a school in the south west of the country decided to open its doors to illiterate grandmothers who asked to learn to read and write. BBC NEWS
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