San Jose Unified School District

January 14, 2022

California schools get off to a shaky start after holiday break

Student absences, teacher shortages and high Covid rates marked the return to school. Some teachers are asking districts to tighten safeguards.

September 10, 2020

California superintendents navigate how to reopen campuses while keeping students, teachers safe

Complicated, ever-shifting set of unique factors will affect school reopening plans.

August 11, 2020

Some California districts, teachers struggle to agree on distance learning

The Legislature set minimum hours but left it to districts and unions to define instruction, engagement and set the length of a school day.

August 4, 2020

Some California teachers asked to return to empty classrooms during distance learning

Protests are emerging in districts where teachers are required to conduct distance learning from their physical classrooms.

July 8, 2020

Carl Cohn Podcast: San José Unified prepares for the fall

Carl Cohn talks with San José Unified Superintendent Nancy Albarrán about plans to reopen schools in the fall.

April 28, 2020

Parents struggle to find resources, fit into new role as their children’s teacher

Parents are juggling the responsibility of being their children's teacher with their jobs and other obligations during the coronavirus pandemic.

October 4, 2019

School start times should remain a local decision

Forcing schools to start later risks creating more problems for students and their families.

August 20, 2019

Amid tensions statewide, an embattled California charter school's quest ends badly

Promise Academy had a partnership with the Tech Museum; its fight with San Jose Unified mirrors conflicts statewide over charter schools.

April 11, 2019

How one district achieved a more collaborative labor-management partnership

San Jose Unified and its teachers union offer model for how to move from combat to collaboration, researcher says.

August 16, 2018

One California charter school's struggle for approval and a building close to its parents

Promise Academy disagreements with San Jose Unified mirror tensions escalating statewide over charter schools.

April 9, 2017

Despite law change, few districts offer early kindergarten for youngest 4-year-olds

Only six of California's 25 largest school districts are taking advantage of a state law that allows them to enroll more 4-year-olds in a pre-kindergarten program known as “transitional kindergarten.”

Ashley Hopkinson

Local Control Funding Formula

April 6, 2017

Local control formula closing funding gap but not equity gap, report says

Education Trust–West presses for tracking spending at the school level.

John Fensterwald

State Education Policy

March 15, 2017

State releases another data tool potentially more useful than new dashboard

Performance grid compares every school and subgroup in a district.

John Fensterwald And Theresa Harrington

Administrators

November 6, 2016

New superintendents seek continuity as they reflect on challenges ahead

Four superintendents appointed in 2016 discuss their leadership approaches.

Michael Collier

Pay and Tenure

July 25, 2016

Some districts step up competition for neighbors' veteran teachers

The districts are no longer restricted from matching pay and years of work experience.