Schools on the Frontlines
Carl Cohn Podcast: San José Unified prepares for the fall
July 8, 2020
Carl Cohn talks with San José Unified Superintendent Nancy Albarrán about plans to reopen schools in the fall.
EdSource Podcasts
This Week in California Education
Linda Darling-Hammond on state’s new expectations for distance learning
July 2, 2020
Linda Darling-Hammond outlines new requirements for distance learning; reporter Zaidee Stavely discusses parents’ worries about returning to schools.
Schools on the Frontlines
Carl Cohn Podcast: Hemet Unified works to cover all the bases
June 30, 2020
Carl Cohn talks with Hemet Unified Superintendent Christi Barrett about plans to reopen schools in the fall.
This Week in California Education
State budget anxiety; Janet Napolitano on reopening UC
June 26, 2020
Fresno Unified’s superintendent sizes up the new state budget; departing UC President Napolitano discusses reopening campuses and repealing Prop. 209.
Schools on the Frontlines
Introducing: Schools on the Frontlines with Carl Cohn
June 25, 2020
COMING JULY 1st: In his long and storied career as a California education leader, Carl Cohn has served as superintendent of the Long Beach and San Diego Unified school districts, a member of the State Board of Education and executive director of the California Collaborative for Education Excellence. In this special series of podcasts, Carl will talk each week with a leading school superintendent… read more
This Week in California Education
Victory for DACA recipients; get ready for another round of renaming schools
June 19, 2020
This week: the PTA president who led the effort to rename a school after Michelle Obama; Maria Blanco of the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center on the unexpected court ruling preserving DACA.
This Week in California Education
Community colleges’ role in police training; summer academy for student leaders
June 5, 2020
This week, Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley calls for a reexamination of training programs for police in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
This Week in California Education
The tension between local control and state authority in a pandemic
May 29, 2020
This week: Two views of local control during COVID-19 – Palos Verdes Supt. Alex Cherniss: fewer safety restrictions; Heather Hough of PACE : stronger state expectations for learning.
This Week in California Education
UC drops SAT/ACT; districts connect with homeless students
May 22, 2020
This week: UC regents decide to abandon the SAT and ACT exams. Plus, how districts are reaching homeless students and what more they could do.
This Week in California Education
CSU’s Tim White on all online learning this fall; looming education budget cuts explained
May 15, 2020
This week: Chancellor Tim White explains why the CSU’s 23 campuses will be all online this fall ,and EdSource reporters review education cuts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bad news budget.
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