Katie Anastas
Education ReporterKatie Anastas covers education for KPBS News, from preschools and TK to universities and community colleges. Katie has covered school closures, child care shortages, Alaska Native education and statewide school funding issues for Alaska Public Media. In New York City, she reported on a controversial admissions process at the city's elite public high schools.
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District staff said the sports program, wellness centers and referrals to community resources can help students adjust to middle school. -
High Tech High Mesa graduate Kelly Semtner spent the summer studying how plants and fungi exchange nutrients. -
Bazaar del Mundo’s Latin American Market features handmade textiles, pottery and jewelry for sale. Artists also demonstrate their woodcarving, painting and weaving skills. -
University leaders expect recent federal policies to cause a lower percentage of accepted international students to enroll. -
The San Diego County Office of Education’s Migrant Education Program serves nearly 3,000 young people in San Diego and Orange Counties. It’s waiting on more than $5 million in federal funding. -
From surfing with Stitch to uncovering “Doctor Who” secrets, fans without badges found plenty of free fun in the Gaslamp.
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A group of more than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over efforts to cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. -
Federal grant funding that helps employ 30 mental health professionals across the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District will be terminated. -
A government lawyer said the federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S. Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders restoring the students’ records in a federal database of international students maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
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