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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Placentia-Yorba Linda school board seeks to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandate amid outbreak. |
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Placentia-Yorba Linda school board seeks to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandate amid outbreak. Yorba Linda’s Travis Ranch School quarantined its sixth-grade class after a COVID-19 spike. |
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https://tinyurl.com/99nnhksu |
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EDSOURCE
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Racism in early life can affect long-term health, experts say |
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Excessive adversity, such as racism, can activate biological reactions that lead to lifelong problems in physical and mental well-being, experts say. Early experiences literally shape the architecture of the developing brain, as Knowable cited. Since the brain is connected to the rest of the body, early traumatic experiences affect all of our biological systems, for better or worse, over time. This knowledge can help us better understand why people of color in the United States are at greater risk of developing chronic medical conditions and aging prematurely than white people. |
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https://edsource.org/news-updates#racism-in-early-life-can-affect-long-term-health-experts-say |
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KPBS
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San Diego Unified School District to distribute COVID-19 tests to all students |
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The San Diego Unified School District will provide two COVID-19 rapid tests for all of its students to self-test at home prior to returning to campus after winter break in January, it was announced Wednesday. The iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests were provided by the California Department of Public Health and will be distributed to the more than 98,000 students in San Diego Unified this week, according to the district. |
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2021/12/15/san-diego-unified-school-district-distribute-covid-19-tests-all-students |
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HuffPost
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Cal State University System May Soon End SAT, ACT Requirements |
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The California State University system is set to drop the SAT or the ACT as an admission requirement, the Los Angeles Times reported, a major step by the college system to expand access to higher education amid criticism that the standardized tests are biased against low-income people and students of color. Cal State Chancellor Joseph Castro said Wednesday that he was “very supportive” of the plan following the release of a report this month that found many qualified students are finding it difficult to get into California universities. |
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cal-state-university-sat-act-requirements_n_61bab40de4b0bf37033629ea |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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‘We had no one to run it’: At one Oakland school, a 5-year quest to reopen the library |
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Five years ago, Denise Burroughs made it her goal as school principal to refurbish and reopen the library at Carl. B. Munck Elementary. Longtime volunteers there had retired from their posts, leaving the library closed or, at best, occasionally used when a substitute teacher or other volunteer had spare time. Now, Burroughs can finally say she accomplished her aim. |
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https://oaklandside.org/2021/12/15/oakland-unified-school-libraries-carl-b-munck-elementary/ |
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