Monica Velez
EdSource Staff ReporterMonica Velez is a staff reporter. She’s an award-winning reporter who started covering K-12 education in 2020, starting out in The Fresno Bee’s Education Lab and most recently for The Seattle Times Education Lab. Before moving to Seattle in 2021, Velez spent about five years reporting in California’s San Joaquin Valley. She reported on immigration for Valley Public Radio and got her start in journalism at The Merced Sun-Star as a health reporter. Velez, a Bay Area native and daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in creative writing.
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After a contentious process to revise and approve the state's math framework, California policymakers must now figure out how to implement the new recommendations.
