Carolyn Jones is a K-12 Education Reporter at CalMatters. She covers a range of topics within the education sector, including educational policy, public education, and issues of accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in school governance. Carolyn's work has been featured in numerous outlets, including Yahoo News, KQED, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Carolyn's coverage is deeply focused on local education and government, particularly in California. She frequently reports on school interventions, student performance data, and the impact of policies on schools. When reaching out to Carolyn with pitches or expert insights, consider offering perspectives related to educational policy changes, school interventions, and their impacts.
Given her emphasis on local reporting within California’s education system and government announcements related to education policies, she would be interested in sources who can provide insights into how these developments specifically affect students and schools within the state. This could include educators, policymakers with direct experience working in California's education sector or analysts specializing in this area.
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The Trump administration appears poised to gut the central policies that shape Head Start, a popular and long-established early childhood education program that serves the country’s neediest children,...
By: Carolyn Jones
Trump appears poised to gut the central policies that shape Head Start, an early childhood education program that serves low-income children
By: Carolyn Jones
The Trump administration appears poised to gut the central policies that shape Head Start, a popular and long-established early childhood education program that serves the country’s neediest …
The Farm to School program is part of a broader state effort to improve school meals, which for decades consisted of hot dogs and frozen pizzas.
Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones covers K-12 education at CalMatters. Trump administration threatens to gut Head Start rules
By: Carolyn Jones
Three years after voters passed an ambitious arts education funding measure, California's K-12 schools were supposed to be awash in dance, music, theater and fine arts.
By: Carolyn Jones
Published August 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM Princeton, NJ — In July, two e-cyclists were injured when they collided with cars.
By: Carolyn Jones
Proposition 28, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 2022, sets aside about $1 billion a year for the arts in California public schools.
Proposition 28, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 2022, sets aside about $1 billion a year for the arts in California public schools.
