Tony Thurmond on distance learning’s moving parts; UC spares students from SAT/ACT
April 3, 2020
In a flurry of actions and decisions, California OKs pass/fail grades and commits to delivering internet to 100,000 families.
EdSource Podcasts
The big online switch: Chancellor Eloy Oakley and a college newspaper editor
March 27, 2020
Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley on how the California Community Colleges have gone online in response to the coronavirus. Plus how Cal State LA’s college newspaper is covering the big story.
Linda Darling-Hammond and Long Beach’s Jill Baker on planning for a lengthy school shutdown
March 20, 2020
With long closures coming, Linda Darling-Hammond promises the state will be a partner; Jill Baker of Long Beach describes her district’s plan for online learning.
Are colleges prepared to provide instruction remotely?
March 14, 2020
As California colleges cancel in-person classes in response to the coronavirus, we explore their readiness to deliver instruction online.
Many voters sour on more bonds and taxes; preparing for Covid-19
March 6, 2020
This week: We explore questions as to why Proposition 13 appears likely not to pass; and Orange County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares discusses how the county is preparing for the coronavirus.
Pros, cons and confusion over $15 billion construction bond
February 28, 2020
This week: Jeff Vincent, director of the Center for Cities and Schools at UC Berkeley, explains what Prop 13 would do and how the money would be distributed; and Chris Funk, superintendent of East Side Union High School District, lays out the case for teacher housing.
Dual enrollment’s great promise; also, #MeToo movement in high school
February 15, 2020
This week: Leslie Hsu Freeman, manager of dual enrollment for Oakland Unified, describes Oakland’s dual enrollment program and the value it brings for first-generation college students; and we discuss the weeklong protests at Berkeley High.
A surprise recommendation to keep using test scores for UC admission
February 7, 2020
This week: EdSource reporter Larry Gordon summarizes a new UC faculty task force report that recommends requiring the SAT or ACT for freshmen admissions; and Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, shares why the organization opposes the use of the tests.
As Trump administration tightens rules on green cards, schools reach out to families
January 31, 2020
We discuss with researcher Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute the Trump Administration’s new restrictions on who can seek green cards for permanent residency.
CSU chancellor defends extra quantitative reasoning requirement; how SF State meets multiple challenges
January 24, 2020
This week: CSU Chancellor Timothy White explains where things stand with the plan to require an additional year of quantitative reasoning; and San Francisco State President Lynn Mahoney describes what the university is doing to increase the graduation rate.
