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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The teachers union plans to protest the planned cuts at schools on Monday. -
San Diego’s unsafe camping ordinance prohibits tent camping in public spaces. To avoid frequent encampment cleanup, some homeless San Diegans are moving to freeways, making it harder — and more dangerous — for outreach workers to reach them. -
Students observing Ramadan generally fast from dawn to sunset. This year, that won’t prevent them from getting school breakfast and lunch. -
They’re calling for a higher cost-of-living adjustment, reduced student-teacher ratios in transitional kindergarten and increased funding for special education. -
Founder Barbara Gates says beans are an affordable, eco-friendly protein source found in cuisine around the world. -
District leaders say math teacher training, smaller class sizes and counselors at each school have helped.
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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. -
The university received the notification "without warning," and that the federal government has not explained the reasons behind the visa terminations. -
The previous 40-bed shelter program will close by June 30, due to redevelopment, with the additional 160 beds coming available during Fiscal Year 2026, which begins July 1, 2025.
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