
Blackboard Brawl
How California’s teachers hope to avoid 60,000 layoffs
As crises collide, teachers already stretched thin are leaning on powerful unions to make online classes work. Is this a new beginning or the beginning of the end for school as we know it?

The Pandemic Has Shown That Virtual Learning Can Be Quality Learning
In our series, The Big Fix, industry experts explore how the region can rebound from the coronavirus shutdown
Sacramento State will look very different this fall, when only 7 percent of courses will be held in-person, because of COVID-19 and social distancing.

Coronavirus Replay
After canceling spring sports, the NCAA extends eligibility to student athletes to play for another season
The NCAA voted on March 30 to allow schools to provide spring-sport student athletes with an additional season.

UC System Picks First Black President
After a six-month search, the University of California Regents picked Michael V. Drake as the new head of the school system, the first Black president in the system’s history.

Startup of the Month: Sama Learning
VR platform expands learning possibilities
This spring, COVID-19 forced schools to go online. But, for the most part, the teaching models remained the same. Sama Learning, a Nevada City-based startup, wants to transform those models.

Emerging Leaders: Nicholas Haystings
We honor 10 young professionals who have made a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nicholas Haystings, executive director of Square Root Academy, says he has had two goals since he was a kid: to become an engineer and to give back to the community.

Higher Calling
Architects and colleges collaborate to create holistic, functional and artistic spaces to meet the shifting needs of today’s students
These six Capital Region higher-education projects, completed in the last decade, offer inspired and intentional learning spaces.

Higher Calling: From Abstract to Reality
Team of three students contributed to Cosumnes River College’s Winn Center
In 2009, CRC partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Sacramento chapter to participate in the Natural Talent Design Competition. Entrants were required to design a 36,000-square-foot building known as the Winn Center.

Learning to Pivot
New college grads are adapting to an economy and job market hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic
As college seniors finished their classes online, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic complicated their job prospects.

A Kick-Start for Startups
Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Executive Director Cameron Law on entrepreneurship and its role in the recovery
Comstock’s spoke with Law about the ways both the center and the local entrepreneurial scene are evolving in the face of a crisis.