Tim Shriver: the case for social and emotional learning
October 18, 2019
This week: Tim Shriver, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of social-emotional learning, tells why it’s essential and what it looks like when done well.
EdSource Podcasts
Tackling lagging math scores; combating adversity for African American students
October 11, 2019
This week: We explore confounding math test scores with Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s CEO and evidence of adversity facing black youths in LA.
Inked into law: an act defying the NCAA & new rules for charter schools
October 4, 2019
This week: We review Fair Pay to Play, California’s law on behalf of college athletes, and Gov. Newsom’s role in forging a charter school compromise.
Fired up on climate change in California schools
September 27, 2019
This week: We take a look at how students and teachers are helping to raise awareness, and shape action in the fight against global warming.
Counselors or cops in Pomona Unified; full-day kindergarten in every school
September 20, 2019
This week: We interview Jesus Sanchez, a community organizer and founder of Gente Organizada, and Iris Villalpando, a student leader, about why they fought so hard to change spending priorities in Pomona Unified School District; and we speak with reporter Zaidee Stavely about a bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk that would require every school to offer at least one full-day kindergarten class.
Big school bond with reforms, new pitch to presidential candidates
September 14, 2019
This week: We interview Jeff Vincent, of the Center for Cities + Schools at UC Berkeley, about whether the proposed $15 billion bond measure will solve funding inequities; and we interview Laura Schifter, the policy director of a new coalition, ED2020, whose goal is to persuade presidential candidates.
Debating the merits of ranking schools; finding funding to repair them
September 7, 2019
This week: We interview Michael Kirst, the former president of the State Board of Education, about why adopting a ranking system for district and charter schools can be arbitrary and unhelpful; and we also discuss the possibility of a state construction bond for K-12 and community college facilities on the March 2020 ballot.
Historic deal on charters, contention over more high school math
August 31, 2019
This week: We discuss big changes that could affect the state’s charter school law; and we also interview two key players with opposite perspectives on a controversial proposal by the California State University chancellor’s office to require a fourth year of math.
Fixing the college dropout ‘scandal’
August 24, 2019
This week: We interview David Kirp about his new book, The College Dropout Scandal; and we chat with Cal State Long Beach President Jane Conoley about efforts, starting in local high schools with the Long Beach Promise, to build an institutional culture that helps students to pursue and thrive in college.
Guidance on resilience, trauma from Paradise and El Paso
August 16, 2019
This week: We interview the new superintendent of Paradise Unified, about how the district is preparing for the emotional needs of students on their return to school; and we also interview Fernando Garcia, from the Border Network for Human Rights, about the existential threat to Latino and immigrant communities that a white supremacist shooter exposed.
