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Curriculum

Criticism of draft curriculum for ethnic studies in California intensifies

August 15, 2019

State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond and State Superintendent Tony Thurmond join those calling for a major revision.

John Fensterwald
College & Careers

National college dropout rates are a scandal, UC author says

August 15, 2019

New book urges colleges to boost graduations with teaching reforms and more welcoming campuses.

Larry Gordon
School Finance

Students return to dramatically different Paradise

August 15, 2019

District employees and volunteers have been working seven days a week since the Camp Fire, to bring the students back to Paradise schools.

Diana Lambert
Student Wellbeing

San Francisco school board votes to cover up, not destroy, controversial murals

August 14, 2019

The school board will look into exactly how it will conceal the mural, but proponents of keeping the mural open to public view say they will now consider what options they have to do so.

Louis Freedberg
College Readiness

High school starts early for California freshmen in ‘summer bridge’

August 14, 2019

Studies show that freshman year can be one of the most critical years in a student's academic journey.

Sydney Johnson
Commentary

We must disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline

August 13, 2019

Students who are suspended from school are less likely to graduate from high school and more likely to be arrested and incarcerated.

Nancy Skinner
Student Wellbeing

Federal government to restrict green cards for immigrants who could use food stamps or other aid in future

August 13, 2019

There is some evidence that California immigrant families are already disenrolling their children from public benefit programs, even though they are still eligible.

Zaidee Stavely
Legislation

New push in California for later middle, high school start times

August 13, 2019

Author says he has support to set middle schools to start no earlier than 8 a.m. and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

Theresa Harrington
College & Careers

Reforming higher education in California: a bill tracker

August 13, 2019

Increasing financial aid for California college students among 21 new proposals

Michael Burke
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New podcast episodes: This Week in California Education

Guidance on resilience, trauma from Paradise and El Paso

August 16, 2019 - This week: We interview the new superintendent of Paradise Unified, about how the district is preparing for the emotional needs of students on their return to school; and we also interview Fernando Garcia, from the Border Network for Human Rights, about the existential threat to Latino and immigrant communities that a white supremacist shooter exposed.

Big bills in play when lawmakers go back to work

August 9, 2019 - This week: We take a look at some of the key issues that California lawmakers will take up next week when they end their summer vacation.
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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]

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