EdSource Podcasts

This week: Executive Director Louis Freedberg, Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald and EdSource reporter Carolyn Jones discuss a very busy week for education in California.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: How CA schools and universities are responding to the DACA repeal, interviews with DACA recipients at U.C. Berkeley, how 9/11 changed the way we talk about immigration & an education leader’s warnings about LCFF implementation.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: controversial legislation to create a state-run STEM school, a lawmaker’s plan to audit districts’ use of LCFF funding, big changes in when school starts for CA’s biggest districts, and a 2+ week delay of the release of Smarter Balanced test scores.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: how teachers are addressing the controversial events of the summer with their students, CA’s draft ESSA plan draws criticism from ed non-profits, and new programs to turn bilingual teachers into bilingual educators.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: A new national poll by Education Next found a drop in support for charter schools and a polarizing impact of President Trump on education issues, the California Budget and Policy Center on the potential impact of vouchers, and Bay Area high school students discover roots in their communities.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: Big changes to the way CA awards teaching credentials, holding K-12 responsible for reducing the number of students who need to take remedial courses in college, fun ways teachers are incorporating the solar eclipse into their curriculum.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: Cal State makes big moves on multiple fronts to help more students graduate and graduate on time, plus FCMAT’s new CEO on declining revenue, rising expenses, and other challenges CA school districts are facing

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: A tax proposal to free up more money for districts, a new AP computer science course attracting girls and students of color and a settlement in a school discipline lawsuit that focusing on implicit bias

This week: A frank report released by the California Community Colleges with a roadmap to increase transfer and grad rates and a rally in Sacramento organized Californians for Justice in defense of the Local Control Funding Formula and the finance and school reforms it’s put into place.

Produced by Sarah Tan

This week: CA state board grapples over final ESSA plans with just one meeting left, a roadmap for bilingual education in CA post Prop. 58, the fate of teacher tenure bills & more!
Produced by Sarah Tan