
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 Catholic Diocese of San Diego has covered St. Katharine Drexel Academy’s deficits in past years, but said it no longer could because of its bankruptcy filing.
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Nearly 1,000 teachers and other staff in the San Diego Unified School District plan to retire at the end of the year. They’re taking the district up on an offer meant to help address its budget deficit.
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Education specialists say high caseloads mean they can’t give students and their families the attention they need.
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Thousands of volunteers walked the streets on Thursday for this year’s point-in-time count of people who are homeless in the county. KPBS reporters take us into the field on the census day. Then, border reporter Gustavo Solis offers insight and updates on the ramped up immigration enforcement efforts happening locally and nationally. Plus, San Diego’s new poet laureate shares her vision to make poetry more accessible.
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National testing data released Wednesday showed the San Diego Unified School District outperforming many other large districts.
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Federal student aid data isn’t used for immigration enforcement, according to the U.S. Department of Education, but some families worry that could change under the Trump administration.
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The former district employees allege Jackson routinely sexually harassed them and that they were demoted for refusing his advances.
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King tides could bring even more flood risk later this month.
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San Diego homeless service providers have activated their inclement weather shelter beds for Wednesday night.
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