blog post California Is Inching toward a Jobs Recovery By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Jul 22, 2021 Job growth and wage gains, especially in the leisure and hospitality sector, show that some hard-hit California workers are benefiting from the current recovery.
blog post California Jobs and Labor Force Are Still Down but Recovering By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Jun 25, 2021 Employment is still well below pre-pandemic levels, though the number of jobs continues to increase. Despite the state’s rapid recovery so far, underemployed and discouraged workers remain a key concern.
blog post K–12 Enrollment Declines Vary across Districts By Julien Lafortune, Emmanuel Prunty Jun 16, 2021 Public school enrollment in California declined by nearly 3% between 2019–20 and 2020–21. Drops in enrollment vary across school districts, though there is little evidence that the size of the decline is related to reopening, demographics, or other district-level factors.
blog post Video: Reopening California—A Conversation with HHS Secretary Mark Ghaly By Mary Severance Jun 15, 2021 Secretary Ghaly talks with PPIC’s Mark Baldassare about what it means for the state to reopen and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.
blog post How Are Unemployed Californians Faring on the Road to Recovery? By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Jun 10, 2021
blog post As the State Reopens, Some Californians Are Still Worried about COVID-19 By Dean Bonner Jun 9, 2021
blog post Glimmers of Hope for California in the April Jobs Report? By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune May 25, 2021 Although unemployment rates were unchanged, California added more than 100,000 jobs between March and April, with gains strongest in the hardest-hit sectors.
blog post A Year into Distance Learning, California’s Digital Divide Persists By Niu Gao, Julien Lafortune, Laura Hill May 13, 2021 Although more K–12 students now have access to computer devices compared to last spring, disparities in internet access generally have not narrowed in the past year.
blog post Video: Californians and Education By Vicki Hsieh May 7, 2021 PPIC’s Rachel Lawler and Mark Baldassare discuss new survey findings about Californians’ views on student learning during the pandemic, Governor Newsom’s handling of K–12 education, and other topics.
