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Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones covers K-12 education at CalMatters. A longtime news reporter, she’s covered education for nearly a decade, focusing on everything from special education to state funding policies to inequities in student achievement.

8/6/2025

Homeless Student Counts in California Are Up. Some Say That’s a Good Thing.

In the latest state enrollment data released, California had 230,443 homeless students — a 9.3% increase from the previous year.