Iwunze Ugo
Research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California focusing on preschool through K–12 and postsecondary education policy and funding analysis.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 52min
Campus Closures and Teacher Layoffs: Bay Area Public Schools In Crisis
Katie DiBenedetti, KQED reporter covering Oakland school finance; Iwunze Ugo, education policy researcher at PPIC; Adriana Gutierrez, Press Democrat reporter on Santa Rosa schools. They dig into Bay Area districts facing campus closures and teacher layoffs. Conversations cover declining enrollment, rising salary pressures, state funding rules like Prop 98 and Prop 13, local management struggles, and the politics of school consolidation.
