Education Beat
A principal at the heart of her school and her community
December 21, 2023
Estela López grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and she still lives and works just minutes from her childhood home.
EdSource Podcasts
To listen later, follow Education Beat on your preferred podcast app.
Education Beat
Parents fight for special education documents in their own languages
December 14, 2023
Some parents report waiting months for translations of their children’s special education documents.
Education Beat
Covid stress and violent threats driving school superintendents to leave
December 7, 2023
More California superintendents are leaving to go to other jobs, or retiring, than ever before. Why?
Education Beat
Cultivating a sense of belonging to spark students’ enthusiasm for learning
November 30, 2023
EdSource brought together a panel of experts to discuss what schools can do to re-engage students. There was one very strong theme − the need for students to feel they belong.
Education Beat
How a California professor once coded secrets in music
November 16, 2023
In 1985, Merryl Goldberg traveled to the Soviet Union to meet up with dissident musicians. To do it, she devised a secret code.
Education Beat
How classes in Spanish are attracting nannies to community college
November 9, 2023
Child development courses in Spanish are opening community college to nannies who had previously been locked out.
Education Beat
How can California help teachers educate recent immigrants?
November 2, 2023
Listen to teacher Jenna Hewitt King describe how she knew she was in over her head teaching newcomers, and how a new law could help her and other teachers.
Education Beat
Could the Cal State tuition hike affect student enrollment, graduation rates?
October 26, 2023
EdSource’s California Journalism Corps fanned out to ask students how they think the tuition hike could affect decisions to enroll at Cal State.
Education Beat
What a Fresno teachers’ strike 45 years ago can teach us today
October 18, 2023
Fresno teachers are voting this Wednesday on whether to strike. The first and only time Fresno teachers have been on strike before was in 1978.
Education Beat
A teacher removed, a play censored, and the chilling effect that followed
October 12, 2023
After a high school drama teacher was placed on leave because of complaints about the play “Angels in America,” teachers report a chilling effect.
