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Diana Lambert covers teachers and teaching. Before coming to EdSource, Diana was an education reporter for The Sacramento Bee for more than a decade. She has won numerous awards, including the 2017 James Madison Freedom of Information Award from the Society of Professional Journalism, and both a first-place honor for investigative reporting from The Inland Press Association and the McClatchy President’s Award in 2016. Before becoming an education reporter Diana was a bureau chief for the Sacramento Bee. She began her career at age 17 as a part-time proofreader for the Lodi News-Sentinel. Diana earned a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Sacramento.

Education

Trump freezes grant funding, upending school budgets

Diana Lambert / EdSource

The Trump administration announced it would withhold $811 million in grant funding the day before the money was to be released. The grants fund teacher training, migrant education, school enrichment courses, summer school and after-school programs, and support English learners.
Education

Thousands of California educators issued pink slips again this year

Diana Lambert / EdSource

California school districts are again turning to layoffs to shore up budgets shrunk by declining enrollment, expiring federal Covid relief funds and a leveling off of state funding.