Getting Students Back to School
Calling the cops: Policing in California schools
Black teachers: How to recruit them and make them stay
Lessons in Higher Education: California and Beyond
Superintendents: Well paid and walking away
Keeping California public university options open
Having a Black teacher in the classroom increases test scores and lowers suspension rates for all students, according to research. But the number of Black teachers is declining nationwide and appears stagnant in California. The cost of teacher preparation and the practice of not paying student teachers make it difficult for Black teacher candidates to earn a credential. Once in the classroom, a lack of support and respect sometimes makes it difficult for them to remain.
The recruitment and retention of Black teachers has taken on new urgency in recent years as state leaders attempt to solve teacher shortage. Several school districts as well as the state have launched initiatives that focus on recruiting teachers of color, but educators say more needs to be done.
April 01, 2024
The cost of earning a credential and the disrespect they face while teaching are keeping Black teachers out of the classroom.
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In the last five years, state lawmakers have made earning a credential easier and more affordable, and have offered incentives for school staff to become teachers.
Five Black teachers talk about what they face each day in California classrooms, and what needs to change to recruit and retain more Black teachers.
Getting students to fully return to school in the wake of the pandemic remains a struggle for many districts nationwide and in California. While absenteeism has improved, it remains above pandemic levels. The challenge has put a focus on strategies to help students to return from expanded mental health and counseling to better transportation, even incentives like recess in schools, cash payments and teacher mentors. It's a mission with a different vibe than the truancy efforts of years past when districts turned to the courts to make parents accountable.
An EdSource investigation of school policing reveals the vast presence of police in California.
This is a continuing EdSource series on proven innovations in higher education that relate to the problems facing California’s higher education systems.
Politics, stress and threats — leftovers from pandemic school closures — are making it easy for many veteran California superintendents to leave for other jobs, or to retire.
