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HHS secretary dismisses reports of unsanitary conditions, distressed migrant kids at massive emergency shelter - Yahoo News

May 26, 2021

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra assured reporters this week that the Biden administration is doing everything it can to provide quality care to the more than 18,000 unaccompanied migrant children currently in its custody — despite recent reports to the contrary.…

Biden’s Giant Tent City for Migrant Kids Relies on Alabama’s ‘Master of Disaster’ - Vice News

May 24, 2021

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Biden administration scraps plans to house “tender age” migrant children at Texas Army base - CBS News

May 24, 2021

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to house “tender age” migrant children at a military base in the Texas desert amid concerns about subpar conditions and prolonged stays there, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra confirmed to CBS News on Monday.…

Senator Anthony Portantino Speaks on the Importance of Mental Health Awareness - My Burbank

May 21, 2021

Mental health is a subject that hits close to home for Portantino. His older brother suffered from severe depression and went through three county systems to seek treatment for his mental health struggles. After multiple suicide attempts, Portantino’s brother sadly ended up taking his own…

Advocates Say Biden Administration Is Violating Pact On Detaining Migrant Children - NPR

May 21, 2021

Immigration advocates credit the Biden administration with acting quickly to move tens of thousands of migrant children out of jail-like detention facilities on the U.S. southern border and into safer emergency shelters.…

Migrant children describe poor conditions at makeshift U.S. shelters in interviews with attorneys - CBS News

May 19, 2021

Migrant children housed at two makeshift U.S. government shelters, an Army base in west Texas and a Houston warehouse that has been shuttered, described subpar living conditions, including limited access to showers, soiled clothes and undercooked food, attorneys who interviewed them told CBS News.…

Early Look at District Plans to Spend Billions in Federal Relief Funds Shows Lack of Focus on Learning Recovery - The 74

May 19, 2021

States have until Monday to distribute $81 billion in federal relief funds to districts — two-thirds of the total for K-12 schools in the American Rescue Plan. And while the law requires districts to put aside 20 percent of their funding to address learning loss,…

$55 billion is flooding into California school districts. But will it be spent wisely? - San Francisco Chronicle

May 19, 2021

Education advocates are sounding the alarm as state school districts rush to spend roughly $55 billion in state and federal funds aimed to help districts recover from the pandemic and students who struggled academically to catch up.…

Analysis faults districts on lack of spending accountability for Covid funding - EdSource

May 19, 2021

Advocates want more details on how billions of federal state dollars will be spent…

What did he get right? Reactions to Gov. Newsom’s K-12 budget - EdSource

May 19, 2021

EdSource asked education leaders, advocates and observers to comment on Gov. Newsom’s record-level, revised 2021-22 budget for K-12 education. We wanted to know what they thought would most advance students’ recovery from the impact of the pandemic and what they felt was missing.…