California
According to an EdSource survey of 834 registered voters, a majority of voters as well as parents feel that the state’s schools are not prepared to offer high quality distance learning, although they are more positive about their own local schools…
Ahead of the holiday season, the California Department of Public Health released strict new rules about private gatherings, limiting them to outdoors and instructing attendees to wear masks and maintain physical distance…
President and Administration
A U.S. appeals court upheld an order on Wednesday, 10/7, requiring Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and his department to continue the census count through October…
Microsoft Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co., which have both pledged to double their ranks of Black leaders, received letters from the U.S. Labor Department asking how their efforts comply with laws limiting the consideration of race in employment…
Education
Colleges have begun halting diversity efforts in relation to the White House’s recent executive order against “divisive concepts” in federally funded programs…
Congress
The White House again pivoted its approach to stimulus negotiations on Sunday, 10/11, with the president’s aides pushing for immediate action on a narrow measure after the administration’s $1.8 trillion proposal was rebuffed by members of both parties…
Today, 10/12, the Senate Judiciary Committee begins up to four days of hearings on President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court…