Small rural schools in California and across the nation may have to make do with far less money this year. A funding source that has been a lifeline for more than a century was eliminated by Republican lawmakers in Congress, and its future remains in limbo. Carolyn Jones is the K-12 education reporter for the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters and joins Insight to discuss the consequences to cuts to the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which has been approved almost continuously since 1908.   

CapRadio Education Reporter Srishti Prabha joins us for Insight’s monthly Chalk Talk discussing the mental health of students following natural disasters, number crunching the latest state budget proposal and how public education fits in, as well as breaking down the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) that is being challenged as not benefitting the students it’s meant to serve.

A Sacramento museum has become a TikTok sensation, introducing millions of viewers to history and old-fashioned printing with Howard the Printer. Jared Jones is the Social Media Manager for the Sacramento History Museum and talks about how their social media fame started during the pandemic, what the impact has been on visitors and fans, and how they responded to TikTok’s brief shutdown and subsequent return.