Emma Gallegos
Emma Gallegos covers equity in education and is based in the Central Valley. Emma has spent more than a decade in journalism, having worked at the Pasadena Star-News, LAist and Gothamist before returning to the Central Valley, where she grew up. Emma also spent a few valuable years in the classroom as a substitute teacher in the Bakersfield City School District. She also comes from a family of educators: her mom is a retired district administrator and her father was a superintendent and professor. Most recently, Emma worked at her hometown paper, The Bakersfield Californian, covering the Kern County education beat. She lives in Bakersfield.
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CSU agrees to notify faculty before disclosing personal information
Under the settlement agreement, CSU must provide notice to employees as soon as reasonably practicable before complying with any subpoena for employees' personal information unless notice would be prohibited by...

California schools face ‘deep trouble’ as flooding danger looms
Schools in flood-prone areas, in some cases protected by aging, weakened levees with poor safety ratings, face possible floods similar to those that have already swept through schools in Alameda,...

Advocates propose an alternative to refocus budget on Black students
Black in School, a coalition of Black education and civil rights groups, has come up with a counterproposal to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to increase funding to high-poverty schools that...
