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This Week in California Education — 199 episodes · page 1 of 2
Introducing Education Beat, a new podcast by EdSource
EdSource’s new executive director, Anne Vasquez, on forces that shape her views of education
Louis Freedberg looks back at EdSource and education in a monumental decade in California
Teaching controversial issues in a time of turmoil
Newsom’s $2 billion college savings account plan & Chris Edley on his new role
Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo
Where are California’s 60,000 missing kindergartners? Also, surprise change in leadership at L.A. Unified
Gov. Newsom wants schools and colleges to reopen fully by fall. But will they?
Summer learning’s promise: a first step to post-Covid healing
The frontlines over ethnic studies are now local districts
On increasing college access, superintendent turnover, and Mills College’s closure plan
Learning pods and hubs, a pandemic innovation, thrive and evolve
Will $2 billion in incentives entice more schools to open their doors?
Gov. Newsom lays out priorities for vaccinating teachers; uncertainties on standardized tests
Assessing student progress during pandemic; new CSU chancellor on reopening campuses in fall
CTA president on vaccinating teachers; San Francisco school superintendent on ‘frivolous’ lawsuit
Should students return to school for in-person instruction?
Linda Darling-Hammond and Ted Mitchell on President Biden’s plans for education
Safe or unsafe to reopen schools now? Contrasting views from a superintendent and a physician
Reflections on an insurrection, education predictions for 2021
An overdue present from Congress; a site to honor inspiring teachers
How Covid has upended lives of families and plans of college freshmen
What’s next for the new early education Master Plan?
California lawsuit charges ‘inequitable’ distance learning; Chancellor Tim White’s exit interview
A daily dose of gratitude; a Cabinet post for DACA’s implementer
Surprise: a big windfall for California schools; Rx for reviving civics education
Joe Biden’s transition team goes to work; purple haze falls on Elk Grove
Election post-mortem on Props 15 & 16, taxes and affirmative action
Why high schools steer clear of Biden-Trump; reopening in Capistrano
If Prop. 16 passes, how might it make a difference for K-12 and CSU?
With cameras running, an Orange County high school reopens; principals answer the call
Distance learning: An EdSource poll, a parent’s lament, a teacher’s tips
Drilling down on Prop. 15; treating wildfires’ trauma on children
On the hazards of returning to K-12 campuses, and declining community college enrollments
Colleges brace for rising anxiety and depression amid pandemic
Chico State’s failed reopening; Assemblywoman Shirley Weber’s hope for ethnic studies
Counties go on and off the Covid list; contention over Zoom cameras on kids
Coronavirus compounds education challenges in Central Valley
Bargaining over distance learning; prepping the next student leaders
Sal Khan’s advice on preparing for and succeeding with distance learning
Parents worried about the fall plan ‘learning pods’ and micro-schools
Two districts target learning loss; parents to get a say on distance learning
Covid-19 lawsuits: a school district worry and Michael Drake, UC’s new president
Linda Darling-Hammond on state’s new expectations for distance learning
State budget anxiety; Janet Napolitano on reopening UC
Victory for DACA recipients; get ready for another round of renaming schools
Community colleges’ role in police training; summer academy for student leaders
The tension between local control and state authority in a pandemic
UC drops SAT/ACT; districts connect with homeless students
CSU’s Tim White on all online learning this fall; looming education budget cuts explained
California foresees historic deficit; will schools face a massive cut?
Back to school in late July – really? Plus, college-bound students’ dilemma
Districts brace for budget cuts; teachers rise to distance learning’s challenge
Making students’ social-emotional health integral to distance learning
Distance learning, Kern County style; an EdSource reporter’s reflections on grief
Tony Thurmond on distance learning’s moving parts; UC spares students from SAT/ACT
The big online switch: Chancellor Eloy Oakley and a college newspaper editor
Linda Darling-Hammond and Long Beach’s Jill Baker on planning for a lengthy school shutdown
Are colleges prepared to provide instruction remotely?
Many voters sour on more bonds and taxes; preparing for Covid-19
Pros, cons and confusion over $15 billion construction bond
Dual enrollment’s great promise; also, #MeToo movement in high school
A surprise recommendation to keep using test scores for UC admission
As Trump administration tightens rules on green cards, schools reach out to families
CSU chancellor defends extra quantitative reasoning requirement; how SF State meets multiple challenges
Gov. Newsom bets big on teacher residencies to help ease teacher shortage
LA Unified schools chief reflects on his district one year after strike
Predictions, with a second opinion, on what will be big in 2020
Care packages to first-gen college students; two views of a critical state audit
How are students — and schools — doing in California?
An education tax on hold; San Mateo County’s vigorous response on mental health
Despite reforms, foster students lag behind on multiple measures of success
Shootings underscore school counselors’ daunting challenges
The legacy of Prop. 187; schools prepare for future fires
Fires take a toll on students; some districts rethink suspensions
Dueling tax measures in 2020; sizing up Tim White’s impact on CSU
Tim Shriver: the case for social and emotional learning
Tackling lagging math scores; combating adversity for African American students
Inked into law: an act defying the NCAA & new rules for charter schools
Fired up on climate change in California schools
Counselors or cops in Pomona Unified; full-day kindergarten in every school
Big school bond with reforms, new pitch to presidential candidates
Debating the merits of ranking schools; finding funding to repair them
Historic deal on charters, contention over more high school math
Fixing the college dropout ‘scandal’
Guidance on resilience, trauma from Paradise and El Paso
Big bills in play when lawmakers go back to work
Physics teachers in high demand; sticker-shock estimates for early ed
How school districts are joining forces to take on Common Core math
Newsom administration seeks compromise in push to reform charter law
Coming to grips with children facing trauma
Teaching districts the ABCs of charter oversight; putting a school bond on 2020 ballot
What’s new and novel in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first education budget
Stunning defeat of parcel tax in L.A.; a bright idea to name California’s newest college
Alarming absences in rural schools; big fight over new money for special ed
Early push to rein in charter schools squeaks by; vote of confidence in Chancellor Oakley
Linda Darling-Hammond on districts that ‘beat the odds’
Betsy DeVos meets the press; an update on community college reforms
Housing affordability for teachers and strategies to boost education funding
Restrictions on charter school growth move forward; efforts for more fairness in school renovation funding