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East Bay board may consider firing superintendent amid fiscal crisis

November 15, 2019

A $48 million budget deficit is threatening the job of Superintendent Matthew Duffy. A special school board meeting on Friday is expected to focus on possible termination of his contract.

Theresa Harrington
Community Colleges

Two community colleges show how students can succeed without remedial math courses

November 15, 2019

Two California community colleges stand out in efforts to help students take for-credit math courses instead of remedial courses.

Ashley A. Smith
East Bay

Oakland school board moves meeting to closed room after protester disruptions

November 14, 2019

The Oakland Unified school board closed its meeting to the public a second time after protesters turned out in force.

Theresa Harrington
Student Wellbeing

Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita: Teen girl and boy dead, alleged shooter in ‘grave condition’

November 14, 2019

“It’s a sad day in Saugus, sad day in Los Angeles County and the nation,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

LAist staff
Teachers' Pensions: Who Pays?

Pension costs feed resistance to higher school taxes in California county, study finds

November 14, 2019

An increase in mandated costs has frustrated voters in Marin County, where passing school parcel taxes had been a safe bet until 2016.

John Fensterwald
College & Careers

Student satisfaction is slipping at University of California, survey finds

November 14, 2019

Overcrowded classes are major complaint in survey: 21 percent of UC undergraduates dissatisfied with college experience.

Larry Gordon
East Bay

Oakland school chief's tenure at pivotal point

November 13, 2019

After two and a half years, Oakland Unified’s superintendent faces school closing protests, fallout from a teachers’ strike, and averting insolvency.

Louis Freedberg And Theresa Harrington
Student Wellbeing

University of California will support undocumented students, even if DACA ends

November 12, 2019

UC considering ways to help undocumented students stay in school, if their DACA status is terminated.

Zaidee Stavely
College Readiness

California State University proposes to delay extra year of high school math to 2027

November 8, 2019

After much controversy, the revised admissions proposal would start with students now in the fifth grade.

Larry Gordon And Michael Burke
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New podcast episodes: This Week in California Education

The legacy of Prop. 187; schools prepare for future fires

November 8, 2019 - This week: We revisit Proposition 187 — the anti-immigrant initiative that California voters passed 25 years ago; and superintendent of schools in Placer County, Gayle Garbolino Mojica, discusses how her 16 districts were able to lessen disruptions from multiple days of electrical blackouts in October.

Fires take a toll on students; some districts rethink suspensions

November 1, 2019 - This week: College students in evacuation centers worry about missed time; school districts turn suspensions into opportunities to change behavior.
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Student Wellbeing

What sets the stage for student learning? EdSource reports on major school reform initiatives rooted in improving the physical, emotional and behavioral health of children and teens. Strategies include social and emotional skill-building, trauma-informed teaching and school-based health centers. The goal: Attendance improves, discipline referrals fall, teen pregnancy rates drop and engagement in learning increases.

Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita: Teen girl and boy dead, alleged shooter in ‘grave condition’

EdSource staff

University of California will support undocumented students, even if DACA ends

Zaidee Stavely

A quarter century on, schools in California now a welcoming place for undocumented students

Louis Freedberg