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
This week: ongoing efforts to extend the length of time it takes to get teacher tenure in CA, what schools can do to prevent youth suicide & strategies to reduce superintendent turnover
Produced by Sarah Tan
In this edition of “This Week in California Education,” Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald bring you a special podcast from the Education Writers Association national seminar in Washington D.C. this week. They sought out national education leaders to get their perspectives on how California is doing on its education reforms, and its new “California School Dashboard” that ranks schools on multiple measures, not just test scores.
Produced by Sarah Tan
This week Louis and John focus on money matters — Gov. Brown’s sending $1B to schools…in 2 years, what President Trump’s budget means for California and Congress restores Pell grants for summer school. Plus predictions for next week!
Produced by Sarah Tan
A closer look at the charter school wars in Los Angeles, in light of the run-off elections on Tuesday for the two remaining undecided seats on the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education.
Produced by Sarah Tan
In this week’s episode: California Department of Ed taking advantage of the Trump admin’s more hands-off approach to education, CA Charter School Association flexing its muscles politically, a new partnership between Khan Academy and offices of education in Southern California
Produced by Sarah Tan
Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald take on the new push in the Legislature to increase probationary period for new teachers from two to three years, districts looking for help ending limits the state has placed on the amount of money they can keep in budget reserves, and Trump fails to follow through on his education pledges in his first 100 days — which critics say may be a good thing.
Produced by Sarah Tan
This week we bring you a special edition of “This Week in California Education,” recorded at the One Voice Assembly sponsored by the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators (CALSA) in Sacramento this week. The event focused on how to promote greater college access and completion among California’s Latino students, who make up 3.4 million of the state’s 6.2 million public school students.
Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald are joined by staff writers Jane Adams and Larry Gordon to discuss kindergarten vaccination rates, high school graduation rates, K-12 suspension rates and more.
In this week’s episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss California school districts financial footing, the importance of full-day preschool and kindergarten, and Betsy DeVos’s most recent remarks on school choice.
In this week’s episode of This Week in California Education, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald discuss funding for the state’s challenged special education system, California pushback against Pres. Trump’s executive order on sanctuary cities and how charter schools could benefit from Trump’s education budget.
