Education Beat
Peer power: How a Black student group helps youth thrive
February 2, 2023
Black students face increasing rates of depression and suicide. One group of young people in California is working hard to reverse that.
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Will Newsom’s equity proposal reach Black kids?
January 26, 2023
Those advocating for more funding for Black students, as the lowest performing group in the state, say the governor’s proposal misses the mark.
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Special education student becomes school board member
January 19, 2023
New school board member Joshua Brown has autism and is one of only a handful of people known to have autism nationwide to serve in public office.
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How significant is the UC’s new contract with graduate student workers?
January 12, 2023
The largest academic strike in U.S. history ended with a landmark agreement between UC and graduate student teaching assistants and researchers.
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Predictions for California education in 2023
January 5, 2023
John Fensterwald gets out his crystal ball and tells us a fortune – what he thinks might happen in California education in the new year.
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The community college student exodus
December 22, 2022
Thousands of students left California’s community colleges. Listen to one student’s difficult decision, and what colleges can do to win students back.
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College freshmen struggle with math
December 15, 2022
Covid robbed students of learning, especially in math, after more than a year of attending high school from home. What are colleges doing to help?
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Parcel taxes by simple majority: a game changer?
December 8, 2022
A little-known court decision from last year makes it easier to pass parcel taxes. Could this be a game-changer for low-income school districts?
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A home that smooths the college path for former prisoners
December 1, 2022
Host Zaidee Stavely talks with a student whose college path was transformed by a house for formerly incarcerated students and with a reporter about how this program came about.
Education Beat
What teachers need to support English learners
November 17, 2022
We hear from teachers about workshops that helped them and about what their own childhood experiences as English learners taught them.
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