Education Beat
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University of Southern California researchers found that students who are chronically absent from school are much more likely to struggle with mental health challenges.
A staggering 97% of music students with Harmony Project graduate high school, and close to 80% go on to college. What’s the secret?
Many school districts have taken steps to ban or restrict cell phones and smart watches in the classroom, to curb bullying, distraction and addiction.
Students will have easier access to mental health care, free menstrual products and climate change education, among other changes.
While California’s get-tough 2010 truancy law remains on the books, districts are less and less likely to lean on punitive measures.
After participating in Fresno Unified’s Teacher Academy, Aly Ortiz knows she wants to be a teacher.
A group of teachers, staff and parents are suing West Contra Costa Unified, saying the district violated students’ rights by failing to address conditions and vacancies.
Washington State is preparing hundreds of teachers with bachelor’s degrees at community colleges. Why not California?
Misty Her is the first woman to lead Fresno Unified since its inception in 1873, and the first Hmong person, in a district where 10% of English learners speak Hmong at home.
Children’s Fairyland in Oakland is using puppets to help kids practice playing make believe, after teachers noticed a lack of imaginative play after the pandemic.