Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones is a senior reporter at EdSource. She was a reporter for 17 years at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she covered local government, the environment, breaking news and other beats. She’s also worked at the Oakland Tribune and Hayward Daily Review.
All articles by Carolyn Jones
Hope, frustration and hard lessons as youth try to lower voting age for school board
The Alameda County registrar has yet to implement two youth voting measures that passed by wide margins in 2020
Carolyn Jones
August 5, 2022
Despite divisions, math framework must be a 'North Star,' experts say
EdSource roundtable focuses on the details and controversy surrounding state's proposed new math guidelines.
Carolyn Jones
July 29, 2022
New pathway to a diploma opens doors for students with disabilities
For the first time, students with significant cognitive disabilities would be able to earn a high school diploma — a gateway to better jobs.
Carolyn Jones
July 20, 2022
How one district used Covid funds to send kids to camp — on a college campus
Lodi Unified sent 240 students to camp - at $3,300 each - at a nearby college for academics, socializing and fun
Carolyn Jones
July 11, 2022
When patients are students, learning is vital to healing
Hope, recovery and algebra: More children's hospitals are expanding school services
Carolyn Jones
July 6, 2022
New program will put AmeriCorps public health volunteers in schools
The goal is to improve families' health and lure more young people to the field.
Carolyn Jones
June 30, 2022
At this Oakland high school, restorative justice goes far beyond discipline
Five years after expanding its program, Fremont High has seen dramatic improvements.
Carolyn Jones
June 16, 2022
Bill would give $25,000 to aspiring school counselors, social workers
The goal is to increase diversity among mental health professionals and add counselors to underserved areas, supporters say
Carolyn Jones
June 14, 2022
Counselors not part of one California district's plan to tackle student mental health
Santa Clarita district is replacing its counselors with social workers.
Carolyn Jones
May 31, 2022
Texas shooting taxes students' mental health even more
But California's Covid-related investments in school wellness programs may help
Carolyn Jones
May 26, 2022
Covid stipends cause outcry at Alameda County Office of Education
Managers, not union members, got the majority of the initial Covid stipends in the Alameda County Office of Education.
Carolyn Jones
May 17, 2022
Ukrainian students arriving in California find warm welcome at schools
California schools are extending a warm welcome to Ukrainians who've fled the fighting in their homeland. At least 60,000 Ukrainian immigrants live in California, the second-highest population in the U.S.
Carolyn Jones
May 3, 2022
Empty classrooms and quiet hallways: California's rural far north grapples with declining enrollment
Enrollment has dropped more than 5% in rural Northern California over the past 20 years, with some districts seeing drops of 50% or more.
Carolyn Jones
April 21, 2022
How one California district invested its Covid funds in literacy, boosting student achievement — and morale
With $131 million in federal and state Covid relief funds, Lodi Unified chose to prioritize literacy and social-emotional learning in its plan to help students recover from the pandemic.
Carolyn Jones
April 19, 2022
Mental health hotline numbers would appear on California college student ID cards if bill passes
Student-written bills aim to boost California college students' wellness and civic engagement.