L.A. Fires: One year later
Play, potties, preschool: TK for All
California’s Reading Dilemma
Saving Head Start
Falling rates, rising risk: Vaccination rates down in California
Five Years Later: Covid’s Lasting Impact on Education
Carl speaks with Scott Marion, executive director of the Center for Assessment, about the challenges of standardized testing during, and after, the pandemic.
With the pandemic decimating family incomes, some students go to work instead of college; CSU counsels freshmen to stay in school, take a full course load.
We explore the ambitious goals of California’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care to expand preschool, child care and opportunities for dual-language learners.
An attorney suing the state explains why distance learning is violating Black and Latino students’ constitutional rights; departing CSU Chancellor Tim White looks back and ahead.
Listen to high school students read gratitude notes to classmates; meet Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden’s nominee to run Homeland Security; he crafted the DACA program.
LAO’s deputy analyst on why K-14 schools can expect a big surplus, not cuts, next year. Plus, a study confirms schools minimize civics ed – at their peril.
This week: Martha Kanter, the former undersecretary of education, discusses Joe Biden’s higher ed goals. Elk Grove Supt. Elk Grove sees “purple” further delaying school reopening.
This week, we delve into results of Props 15 & 16 and speculate on a Biden presidency with USC’s Pedro Noguerra, union President Jeff Freitas, LA Partnership’s Ryan Smith.
This week: Distance learning compounds challenges of teaching a divisive presidential race. Also, how the children returned in Capistrano.
Carl speaks with California Superintendent of Education Tony Thurmond about the challenges of guiding the country’s largest school system through the pandemic and his vision for the state’s future.
