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It’s time to reimagine the school campus as a community center
The pandemic has created an opening to reexamine how schools operate and rethink how space is allocated.
Kate Mraw
January 19, 2021
To help get kids back in school, California should temporarily suspend local collective bargaining
Gov. Newsom should sit down with union leaders to negotiate a safe statewide reopening of all public schools for in-person instruction.
Carl Cohn
January 13, 2021
Ensuring equality: the struggle to reopen California’s public schools amid the pandemic
Legislators should provide clear directives to facilitate in-person instruction.
Mark Brilliant
January 6, 2021
Stipends, jobs for student teachers needed to diversify California’s teaching force
Taking a year off of work is a barrier for potential teachers, especially teachers of color, wanting to enter the teaching profession.
Jarod Kawasaki
January 4, 2021
It’s time we gave women and young children their due
California’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care is a template for a better life, not only for our youngest children, but for women as well.
Liz Simons
December 17, 2020
Students remain in distance learning because we lack school-specific Covid-19 data
Schools need a comprehensive statewide dashboard like the one used to track student achievement so administrators and teachers can understand the relative risks and make informed decisions.
Paul Keefer
December 16, 2020
Leaders in Sacramento and Washington must walk the talk to support afterschool programs
Tighter budgets have created greater competition for finite resources. As a result, we have seen funding for quality afterschool programming fall behind.
Anne Marie Schubert and Jody Breckenridge
December 11, 2020
New Master Plan for Early Learning and Care points way to California for all
When children have access to quality care and learning, parents also have the ability to seek more education, participate in the workforce, earn more and invest more in their children.
Linda Darling-Hammond and Kim Johnson
December 8, 2020
California must ‘flip the script’ and reopen schools first
Education is a sector of our economy that can and should reopen safely with restrictions.
Alex Cherniss
December 4, 2020
Struggling with your college essay? Beware of these common pitfalls
Knowing how to write effectively is a necessary skill for a student’s success.
Meredith Joelle Charlson
November 19, 2020
From LH to BH: Think positive
It is time to focus on building a foundation of trust and civil discourse.
Michael Feuer
November 13, 2020
What we can do to keep our students engaged in learning
The classroom shouldn’t be isolated from what happens in the real world; it should be an extension of students’ lives.
Kandy Galvez
November 11, 2020
Looking beyond STEM to prepare for meaningful human work
Skills and knowledge matter, but workers must be able to apply them to solve problems in rapidly shifting work environments.
Jamie Merisotis
November 10, 2020
Ensure equitable broadband access to secure California’s future
When the delivery of high-quality instruction depends on reliable, high-speed broadband connections for every student anyone lacking these resources gets left behind.
Su Jin Gatlin Jez and Peter J. Taylor
November 5, 2020
California’s misleading K-12 dashboard could lead to closure of the wrong schools
Dashboard calculations of school performance can obscure the success of schools helping students who are several grade levels behind.