Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones covers math and science education for EdSource. She was a reporter for 17 years at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she covered the environment, Oakland city hall and other beats. She received the 2011 Harold Gilliam Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting for stories about the economic impact of environmental restoration, as well as numerous awards for feature writing from the East Bay Press Club. She also covered health care for the Oakland Tribune and education for both the Hayward Daily Review and Sonora Union Democrat. She has a B.A. from UC Berkeley in English and lives in Oakland with her two kids.
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Best way to improve student math scores? Change teachers’ attitudes, study says
Scores rose 8 points after teachers took a course designed to improve their own knowledge.
Carolyn Jones
July 26, 2018
Native Americans push schools to include their story in California history classes
Native Californian history should include more than just 4th-grade mission projects, some teachers say.
Carolyn Jones
July 25, 2018
Far from home and alone: Unaccompanied immigrant youth find refuge in Oakland Unified
Social workers, legal referrals, tutoring and health services are among the district's offerings.
Carolyn Jones
July 18, 2018
San Francisco school finds key to raising math scores: Teacher training
Intensive teacher training led to John Muir Elementary seeing a spike in math scores
Carolyn Jones
July 3, 2018
State budget has nearly $400 million for science, math education — but not teacher training
After-school coding classes, high school tech internships and STEM teacher residencies are among the programs funded in the new state budget.
Carolyn Jones
June 27, 2018
Why California’s rural areas are seeing a surge in homeless youth
Wildfires, floods and soaring housing costs have left thousands of families homeless in outlying areas of the state.
Carolyn Jones
June 12, 2018
New all-girls public school in LA implements strategy to boost math achievement
The district-run math-and-science school opened in 2016 and already has a waiting list of 400.
Carolyn Jones
June 11, 2018
Good news for C students and English majors – tech jobs are for you, too, study says
Too many students think 'STEM is only for the smartest of the smart,' while millions of jobs go unfilled.
Carolyn Jones
June 6, 2018
Latino, African-Americans have less access to math, science classes, new data show
New data from the Office of Civil Rights shows wide gaps in advanced math and science enrollment.
Carolyn Jones
May 22, 2018
High school math needs major overhaul, teachers group says
The report by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics report calls for an end to tracking, and more practical course offerings.
Carolyn Jones
May 8, 2018
A new venue for video games: K-12 classrooms
More teachers are using Minecraft and other digital games to teach history, science, math and other subjects.
Carolyn Jones
May 3, 2018
California schools getting a little greener as environmental education guidelines roll out
California's environmental standards are among the top in the nation, but implementation "is a big lift."
Carolyn Jones
April 30, 2018
Abuse, violence common among LGBT homeless youth, study finds
A new national survey reveals a complex trajectory of how LGBT youth become homeless.
Carolyn Jones
April 25, 2018
Rural schools find ways to bring science innovations closer to home
Mobile science labs, Skype lessons with scientists and robotics workshops are among the offerings at some remote schools.
Carolyn Jones
April 24, 2018
Child poverty drops in California, but is still the nation’s highest
22.8 percent of the state's children are living below the poverty threshold