
Zaidee Stavely
Zaidee Stavely covers bilingual education, early education and immigration as it relates to schools and hosts EdSource’s 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. She lives in Oakland with her husband and two children.
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What California can learn from universal preschool in other states
Some states have successfully expanded both access and the quality of their preschool programs. Here’s what some early learning advocates and researchers say California could learn from them.
Zaidee Stavely
December 13, 2018
New push underway to expand preschool for low-income children in California
Assemblyman Kevin McCarty introduced three bills this week, one to expand spaces for public preschool for low-income 4-year-olds, one to improve preschool facilities and one to increase reimbursement for preschool programs.
Zaidee Stavely
December 4, 2018
In limbo, DACA students look to Congress again for help
A court decision this month requires the government to keep accepting DACA renewal applications, but the Trump administration is calling for the Supreme Court to step in. In the meantime, some young immigrants look to the newly elected House of Representatives.
Zaidee Stavely
November 29, 2018
Trump's proposed regulations limiting benefits for immigrants could hurt many US-born children
The Trump administration proposes to deny people green cards for using Medi-Cal or food stamps. Benefits received by U.S. citizen children cannot be taken into account, under the draft regulations. But experts say parents could pull hundreds of thousands of California children out of health and nutrition programs out of fear.
Zaidee Stavely
November 14, 2018
Non-citizen parents hesitant to register for San Francisco’s school board elections
San Francisco is the only city in California where parents without U.S. citizenship are allowed to vote in school board elections, but only 49 registered, amid warnings that ICE could find their addresses.
Zaidee Stavely
October 25, 2018
California colleges get funding to expand services to undocumented college students
The grants will provide legal aid, mental health services, and career support to undocumented students and their families.
Zaidee Stavely
October 24, 2018
Four communities in California turn to voters to help fund children's programs
Oakland, Richmond, Capitola and San Joaquin County all have measures on the November ballot to fund early childhood education.