This Week in California Education
Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo
April 30, 2021
This week: School districts are getting billions in federal and state Covid aid. How will the public know if it will be spent effectively?
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This Week in California Education
Where are California’s 60,000 missing kindergartners? Also, surprise change in leadership at L.A. Unified
April 23, 2021
Surprise change in leadership at L.A. Unified, we discuss what’s behind it. Missing kindergartners account for the biggest state enrollment drop in 20 years; we ask what’s next.
This Week in California Education
Gov. Newsom wants schools and colleges to reopen fully by fall. But will they?
April 9, 2021
We explore Gov. Newsom’s pronouncement that K-12 and community colleges should open fully after June 15. What will it take to make it happen?
This Week in California Education
Summer learning’s promise: a first step to post-Covid healing
April 2, 2021
This week: Summer programs can provide a transition to post-Covid school reopening; students’ needs are great and districts have funding.
This Week in California Education
The frontlines over ethnic studies are now local districts
March 26, 2021
Disagreements over ethnic studies now shift to districts; guided by new state guidelines, they must decide how a course will be taught.
This Week in California Education
On increasing college access, superintendent turnover, and Mills College’s closure plan
March 19, 2021
This week: innovative ideas emerging from the governor’s office for ensuring that more students make it to college; the multiple challenges facing school superintendents during the pandemic; Mills College in Oakland is closing its doors.
This Week in California Education
Learning pods and hubs, a pandemic innovation, thrive and evolve
March 11, 2021
This week, learning hubs. Robin Lake of Center on Reinventing Public Education, tells how they’re innovating. Lakisha Young, a learning hub pioneer in Oakland, updates us.
This Week in California Education
Will $2 billion in incentives entice more schools to open their doors?
March 5, 2021
Views are split on whether a $2 billion plan to coax schools to reopen will work. Fresno Supt. Bob Nelson says yes to an extent. A Carlsbad activist says it’ll fall flat.
This Week in California Education
Gov. Newsom lays out priorities for vaccinating teachers; uncertainties on standardized tests
February 26, 2021
Gov. Newsom moves up some teachers for Covid shots; Alameda Supt. L.K. Monroe explains the policy. State Board ED Brooks Allen sums up the status of standardized tests.
This Week in California Education
Assessing student progress during pandemic; new CSU chancellor on reopening campuses in fall
February 12, 2021
EdSource reporters share insights on grading students, measuring English learner progress and new California State University chancellor Joe Castro’s priorities.
