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Kamala Harris
September 13, 2019
With shout-out to teachers, Democratic candidates talk about schools in Houston
In a shift from an era when teachers were blamed for students' failures, several candidates express support for teachers.
Louis Freedberg
July 24, 2019
My memorable year teaching as Berkeley integrated its schools
Former teacher recalls hopeful time half a century ago in a newly integrated middle-school classroom.
Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
July 5, 2019
Fifty years after desegregation, wide racial and ethnic achievement gaps persist in Berkeley
Berkeley’s 2020 Vision initiative was supposed to eliminate achievement gaps for the entering kindergarten class in 2007 but a year from its target date, it is clear that it still has a long way to go in reaching its ambitious goals.
Louis Freedberg
July 1, 2019
For many, attending racially mixed schools has been a life changer
Abandoning school desegregation as a top priority was a mistake, UC Berkeley professor says.
David Kirp
April 19, 2019
As a candidate for president, Harris taking a softer stance on truancy than she did as a prosecutor
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris championed tough-on-truancy laws while serving as San Francisco’s district attorney and California attorney general. Now she's taking heat for it on the campaign trail.
David Washburn
March 29, 2019
Episode 100: $315 billion pay raise for teachers? And a tug of war over SAT/ACT tests
We review U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris' plan to boost teacher pay $315 billion over a decade and discuss the push – and push back – to letting school districts give the SAT or ACT to all students instead of the state's 11th grade standardized tests.
John Fensterwald
March 26, 2019
Kamala Harris's plan to boost teacher pay would cost $315 billion over 10 years
The goal would be to boost salaries of every teacher who is paid less than workers in other professions with comparable credentials and experience in their respective states.
Louis Freedberg
March 25, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris says federal government must step in to close the 'teacher pay gap'
Harris’ proposal would have Washington play a role in an area of school funding where the federal government has historically played almost none.
Louis Freedberg
February 10, 2019
Kamala Harris’s stance on truancy resurfaces as she launches presidential campaign
A 2010 video clip of California senator and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris advocating the prosecution of parents for their children's truancy has re-ignited controversy as schools statewide face greater scrutiny for their rates of chronic absenteeism.
David Washburn
January 28, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris calls for universal preschool and 'debt free' college education
The former California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney also touches on gun violence in schools and law enforcement practices that could have fatal consequences for young people.
Louis Freedberg
June 24, 2016
School police, special ed discipline and juvenile camps under investigation
School discipline and foster youth practices are targeted in state investigations.
Jane Meredith Adams
February 24, 2016
Madison Avenue advises schools on how to talk to parents about absenteeism
California is working with the Ad Council to provide communication tips for schools.
Jane Meredith Adams
February 21, 2016
Will California use chronic absenteeism as a new metric of school success?
Advocates are pushing to make chronic absenteeism rates a measure of school success.
Jane Meredith Adams
February 4, 2016
State to begin collecting data on students who are chronically absent
The new federal education law requires the change.