Theresa Harrington
Theresa covers Oakland Unified and West Contra Costa Unified, among other topics. She came to EdSource from the Contra Costa Times/Bay Area News Group, where she covered regional, statewide and national education issues. She has been recognized with multiple awards for her education reporting by the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club and the California Teachers Association among others. She began her career as a producer managing children’s and other educational programming and print outreach for KQED. Theresa is an alumna of San Francisco State University where she received a B.A. degree in broadcast communications.
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With support instead of punishment, a California school district works to improve special education
County offices of education are working with districts identified for "differentiated assistance" due to poor performance by student subgroups.
Theresa Harrington
February 14, 2018
A focus on writing in every class is key to success in this rural California district
Culture shift included schoolwide writing, comprehensive teacher training, teambuilding, new classes, and stressing importance of standardized tests.
Theresa Harrington
January 4, 2018
Webinar series focuses on the world's best in education to empower educators
Webinar series looks at teacher recruitment and preparation, professional learning, appraisal and feedback, and career ladders in top-performing countries and U.S.
Theresa Harrington
December 14, 2017
Grants aim to increase California's supply of bilingual teachers
Four California school districts and four county offices of education will each receive $625,000 to train bilingual teachers for new classes.
Theresa Harrington
December 14, 2017
State Standards strong in California, report says
Study of 24 states shows California's math and English language arts standards are rigorous and are focused on college and career-readiness.
Theresa Harrington
December 14, 2017
Teaching LGBT history complicated by historical figures who didn't 'out' themselves
LGBT activists, historians see possibility other states may look to California's texts as models despite controversy about describing sexual orientation of historical figures.
Theresa Harrington
November 29, 2017
Hindus urge California state board to reject textbooks due to negative images
Hindus and others objecting to proposed history textbooks are expected to appear Thursday in Sacramento during a hearing before the State Board of Education. Critics waving protest signs showed up Tuesday outside the California Department of Education.
Theresa Harrington
November 8, 2017
Q&A: High school dropout researcher asks: What’s behind a diploma?
UC Santa Barbara researcher discusses high school dropouts, graduation rates and plans to study courses taken and grades earned to receive diplomas.
Theresa Harrington
November 7, 2017
California state board asked to reject textbooks that fall short on LGBT contributions
Two K-8 texts by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt did not comply with state's History Social Science Framework, according to Instructional Quality Commission.
Theresa Harrington
November 6, 2017
Until poverty eliminated, schools won't graduate 100 percent of students, expert says
California Dropout Research Project director says a student's GPA and course selections are better indicators of college readiness than test scores.
Theresa Harrington
October 23, 2017
Possible free first year of community college amid flurry of education-related bills signed by governor
Brown signed nine out of 10 bills sent to him by the State Legislature by the Sunday night deadline.
EdSource staff
October 16, 2017
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos finds out about personalized learning at California school
DeVos said she learned a lot on tour of school, which drew protests from some who said they objected to her visit.
Theresa Harrington
October 13, 2017
California joins trend among states to abandon high school exit exam
Exam suspended in 2015 no longer required for graduation, now that state has adopted new Common Core standards and school accountability metrics.
Theresa Harrington And Louis Freedberg
October 12, 2017
Expanded rating system helps California parents understand how schools are doing
GreatSchools plans to expand school ratings in all 50 states and the District of Columbia by November.
Theresa Harrington
September 21, 2017
Santa Ana Unified selected for XQ Super School award to reimagine high school
Santa Anna is the latest of four California projects selected as part of the XQ 'reimagine high school' challenge, which will present a live television broadcast Friday night.