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
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. Some, who had planned to retire earlier, stuck around to help their districts through a difficult time. Now, they too are leaving. In their place are less-experienced school leaders. Now, districts are willing to pay top dollar and to offer big benefits to retain and attract superintendents.
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December 04, 2023
California superintendents have left their jobs in large numbers in recent years, but turnover appears to be particularly high this year. They are being replaced with a new group of less experienced school district leaders.
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A grassroots campaign recalled two members of the Orange Unified School District in an election that cost more than half a million dollars.
Five former California superintendents shared potential solutions for reducing the increasing turnover rate in their profession.
Superintendent pay in California has skyrocketed in the last decade, with salaries in some districts growing more than 60%.
This year, California has had many school superintendents leave their jobs. Five former and current school district leaders talk about why their decisions.
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.
Research shows having a Black teacher in the classroom has a positive impact on students, but the number of Black teachers is declining.
This is a continuing EdSource series on proven innovations in higher education that relate to the problems facing California’s higher education systems.
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October 22, 2023
The kids are watching; what lessons are we teaching?
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Our kids are watching the divisive polemics at school board meetings. Stakeholders must return to civil behavior.