Students and parents in California’s Central Valley faced enormous challenges even before Covid-19 tore through the region. Only one in four young people in the Central Valley has an associate or bachelor’s degree, and the proportion is even lower for low-income youth.
Our CEO, Don Shalvey, was recently interviewed by EdSource – along with Stockton Unified Interim Superintendent, Brian Biedermann – to discuss the multiple challenges facing the Central Valley.