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Commentary

We need more relevant curriculum in our schools

July 15, 2019

Students do better in school when they feel connected to what they are learning, teacher says.

Daniel Helena
Community Colleges

California Community Colleges vote to extend chancellor's contract through 2023

July 15, 2019

California Community Colleges board of governors extended the contract for Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley despite objections from faculty members.

Michael Burke
Math and Science

10 California districts struggle, and find some success, as they shift to Common Core math

July 11, 2019

Studies of the Math in Common project offer lessons for other districts and a warning: Steady progress takes a long-term commitment.

John Fensterwald
College & Careers

University of California considers ways to increase tuition but with a price freeze guarantee

July 11, 2019

UC regents will consider plan to guarantee students stable tuition for up to six years while new students could get price hikes.

Larry Gordon
Commentary

Making the case for college admissions tests

July 10, 2019

The ACT and SAT provide many valuable benefits to both students and schools, proponents say.

Yoon Choi, Cynthia Schmeiser and Wayne Camara
College & Careers

UC to distribute new summer aid now but CSU will wait a year

July 10, 2019

Legislators hope increasing financial aid for summer school will help students graduate faster.

Larry Gordon
Charter Schools

Governor's team jumps into fray over contested charter school bill

July 9, 2019

Senate hearing indicates that further changes will be needed to reach a deal on a bill charter school leaders fear would cripple growth.

John Fensterwald
Preparation

Teacher hopefuls offered $10,000 to enter California State University residency program

July 9, 2019

Three hundred students will be selected for the CSU Residency Year Service Scholarship Program next school year.

Diana Lambert
Policy & Finance

Gov. Newsom’s state budget resolves 3 California school boards’ lawsuits

July 9, 2019

The CSBA sued after the Legislature squeezed funding for school districts by revising what programs fall under Proposition 98.

John Fensterwald
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New podcast episodes: This Week in California Education

Newsom administration seeks compromise in push to reform charter law

This week: We discuss the compromises that the Newsom administration proposed on Assembly Bill 1505, and hear testimony from San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten; and we talk with Todd Ziebarth of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, about how events in California fits in with what is happening around the country. 

Coming to grips with children facing trauma

This week: We interview Dr. Jonathan Goldfinger, chief medical officer of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, to discuss a new parent survey created to identify children facing adverse experiences, such as violence, neglect or divorce; And we talk with Lisa Eisenberg, the policy director of the California School Based Health Alliance, about how hundreds of school-based health clinics will use the survey.
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Rural California: An Education Divide

When students miss school, they fall behind and often dropout. It’s a crisis in education that demands attention. In California, chronic absenteeism is especially acute in the state’s rural school districts. Of the 98 districts with rates over 20 percent, which the state classifies as very high, 84 are in rural areas. In Paradise Unified in Butte County, a devastating, killer wild fire magnified the problem and has driven officials to design new approaches to get students to school.

Lost Days: Inside one rural California district’s effort to combat chronic absenteeism

David Washburn

Lost days: Poverty, isolation drive students away from school in California's rural districts

David Washburn

Lost Days: Chronic Absenteeism in Rural California [VIDEO]

EdSource staff