Heavy storms, a record Sierra snowpack and aging and weakened levees are putting communities across California at risk of serious flooding this spring including 1 in 5 schools.
California residents are bracing for another storm this week that could cause widespread flooding and leave many without power, threatening the reopening of school after the winter break.
California needs to be screening all K-2 students for dyslexia and should also mandate that districts use literacy curriculum based on the science of reading.
My children, who were in 4th and 9th grade when the world shut down in March 2020, lost some ground over the last two years in key academic areas. How could they not?
State test results that will reveal how students fared through the pandemic will be released in October, a state official now says. This is a reversal of
of the state's position just last week in which it refused an EdSource public records request to release the data.
A new state database of teacher assignments shows that 17% of K-12 classes in 2020-21 were taught by teachers without the credential or training to teach the course.
California has fewer credentialed teacher librarians in its school libraries per student than almost every state in the nation, a fact that research shows could be hurting students academically.
School officials are struggling to keep schools open amid Covid outbreaks and staffing shortages. Conflicting messages from California state officials are making it even more difficult.