Big bills in play when lawmakers go back to work
August 9, 2019
This week: We take a look at some of the key issues that California lawmakers will take up next week when they end their summer vacation.
EdSource Podcasts
Physics teachers in high demand; sticker-shock estimates for early ed
July 26, 2019
This week: We interview the president of the California Science Teachers Association to discuss the need for more physics teachers, as California schools move to implement new science standards; and we explore a new report that calculates the true cost of quality early education in California for all kids under 5.
How school districts are joining forces to take on Common Core math
July 19, 2019
This week: Two educators involved with a collaboration by 10 California districts to raise achievement under the Common Core math standards share their insights; and we discuss the Gates Foundation’s Networks for School Improvement initiative.
Newsom administration seeks compromise in push to reform charter law
July 12, 2019
This week: We discuss the compromises that the Newsom administration proposed on Assembly Bill 1505, and hear testimony from San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten; and we talk with Todd Ziebarth of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, about how events in California fits in with what is happening around the country.
Coming to grips with children facing trauma
June 28, 2019
This week: We interview Dr. Jonathan Goldfinger, chief medical officer of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, to discuss a new parent survey created to identify children facing adverse experiences, such as violence, neglect or divorce; And we talk with Lisa Eisenberg, the policy director of the California School Based Health Alliance, about how hundreds of school-based health clinics will use the survey.
Teaching districts the ABCs of charter oversight; putting a school bond on 2020 ballot
June 21, 2019
This week: We interview the executive director of CARSNet, an organization run by the Alameda County Office of Education that offers bootcamps and tutorials in charter school responsibilities; and we talk with Kyla Johnson-Trammell, who has faced a teachers strike and possible insolvency during her first two years as Oakland Unified superintendent.
What’s new and novel in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first education budget
June 14, 2019
This week: We dissect Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first education budget to see which campaign promises he kept and which new directions he’s taking.
Stunning defeat of parcel tax in L.A.; a bright idea to name California’s newest college
June 7, 2019
This week: We explore reasons for the Los Angeles Unified’s Measure EE defeat and talk with LASUD board member Nick Melvoin and David Tokofsky, a former board member and strategist for the district administrators’ union; and we reveal the name of California’s new online community college.
Alarming absences in rural schools; big fight over new money for special ed
June 1, 2019
This week: Listen to students and counselors in rural California put a human dimension on disturbing data about why children struggling with poverty and isolation are staying out of school; and find out why a huge proposed increase for special education has become a major disagreement between the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Early push to rein in charter schools squeaks by; vote of confidence in Chancellor Oakley
May 24, 2019
This week: After an intense debate, legislation that could substantially reduce the number of new charter schools in California got just enough votes to pass the Assembly; and we interview Tom Epstein, president of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, which extended Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley’s contract.
