The Latest In California Education News: April Monthly Round Up

California is seeing an education/workforce skills gap, Los Angeles schools reopen, Annenberg Learner partners with Step Up Tutoring, and more. 

• California State is not meeting the increasing need for college graduates

  The Public Policy Institute of California’s latest report suggests that California state will be about 1.1 million college graduates short by 2030, a significant workforce skills gap. We can change this together. Having a college educated mentor nearly doubles the chances of students attending college. 

• LAUSD Middle and High Schools Reopen

  Students will come back to coronavirus safety measures and a hybrid schedule of in-person and remote learning.

• LAUSD chief Austin Beutner stepping down June 30th

  In Austin Beutner’s letter he writes: "The past three years have presented LA Unified with unprecedented challenges… Education creates a path out of poverty for many of the children we serve and the promise of greater opportunity for all students.”

• Annenberg Learner partners with Step Up Tutoring

  Annenberg Learner and Step Up Tutoring announced a new partnership designed to address educational inequity and historic learning loss triggered by the disruption in education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort will include recruiting 500 new volunteer tutors this spring.

• LAUSD to open 25 school-based vaccination sites for district families

  The vaccination sites will serve the family members of LAUSD students, particularly those in communities that have been hard hit by the pandemic. 

• LAUSD Announces its school reopening schedule

  Los Angeles Unified is moving ahead with plans to reopen 61 elementary schools and 11 early education centers the week of April 12th.

Each Month, Step Up Tutoring rounds up the latest California education news we’re following. To help close the education gap we’re seeing across the state, become a volunteer tutor for as little as 2 hours a week.