Schools on the Frontlines
Carl Cohn Podcast: Sonoma Valley Unified weathers the pandemic
Carl Cohn talks with Sonoma Valley Unified School District superintendent Socorro Shiels about the unique challenges facing the district as fall approaches.

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 Cohn talks with Sonoma Valley Unified School District superintendent Socorro Shiels about the unique challenges facing the district as fall approaches.
This week: West Contra Costa & Palo Alto superintendents address learning loss. Teach Plus’ Sarah Lillis urges parents to speak out for quality distance learning.
Carl Cohn talks with Victor Valley Union High School District superintendent Ron Williams about plans to reopen schools in the fall.
We explore what districts can do to protect against coronavirus lawsuits and discuss UC’s new president, Michael Drake.
Carl Cohn talks with San José Unified Superintendent Nancy Albarrán about plans to reopen schools in the fall.
Linda Darling-Hammond outlines new requirements for distance learning; reporter Zaidee Stavely discusses parents’ worries about returning to schools.
Carl Cohn talks with Hemet Unified Superintendent Christi Barrett about plans to reopen schools in the fall.
Fresno Unified’s superintendent sizes up the new state budget; departing UC President Napolitano discusses reopening campuses and repealing Prop. 209.
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: 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.