Education Beat
Kids or cops: who should use this library building?
October 20, 2022
Kids say the library is a safe place to do homework, read and have fun. City leaders say the building would be better for a police station.
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How can we fix the student housing crunch?
October 13, 2022
Kenya Abner struggled to find student housing for her family. Twenty years later, her daughter ran into the same problem.
Education Beat
A mother fights back after her kids are restrained at school
September 29, 2022
When Elyse K’s daughter was 8, she told her mom that at school “they’d put her up on the wall, like a coat on a coat rack.”
Education Beat
How a library inside juvenile hall aims to break the prison pipeline
September 22, 2022
This week, we visit a county library trying to boost literacy and a love for books among teenagers who are incarcerated in the juvenile hall.
Education Beat
Why do so many kids struggle to learn to read?
September 15, 2022
Why do so many children struggle to read? And why are we still debating over how they should be taught?
Education Beat
Can we axe remedial classes?
September 8, 2022
Despite efforts to limit remedial classes in California, many colleges are still offering them. What would it take to eliminate these courses?
Education Beat
Why do low-income schools have more uncredentialed teachers?
September 1, 2022
Students from low-income families are more likely to have uncredentialed teachers than students from wealthier households.
Education Beat
A year of stories getting to the heart of California schools
August 18, 2022
On the one-year anniversary of Education Beat, we take a moment to look back at the year’s episodes.
Education Beat
Teens fight for the right to vote for school board
August 11, 2022
High schoolers in Oakland and Berkeley helped get measures passed to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in school board elections. Now they wonder why the measures still haven’t been implemented.
Education Beat
Math for babies and toddlers
August 4, 2022
A teacher at one child development center shares how she uses math concepts all day, even during a diaper change.
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