Zaidee Stavely / EdSouce
Zaidee Stavely covers immigration and education for EdSource and hosts the weekly Education Beat podcast. She is a bilingual print and radio reporter who has worked in Mexico and the U.S. She has covered education, immigration, environmental justice and traditional arts for KQED, Radio Bilingüe, and Public Radio International’s “The World,” among other outlets. Zaidee has won numerous awards for her journalism, including an Emmy, a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, an Excellence in Journalism Award from SPJ Northern California, and the Rubén Salazar Award from CCCNMA: Latino Journalists of California. She grew up in rural Mendocino County, where both her parents taught in public one-room schoolhouses. She has a Master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in Latin American and Latino Studies and Community Studies from UC Santa Cruz.
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Schools are still required under federal and state law to help students who don’t speak English to both learn the language and understand the content of their classes. -
The California Legislature passed two bills on Tuesday that attempt to restrict immigration enforcement on school campuses and inform students and families of the presence of immigration officers on campuses. -
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.
