Credentialed staff have been redeployed to schools across the district as part of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's 100-day plan.
An EdSource roundtable brought together diverse principals to discuss Covid, staff shortages and mental health — students', teachers' and their own.
We discuss how California school districts are working to prepare and retain more Black teachers, and a Black teacher shares his experience.
As California school districts face a severe substitute shortage, some district staff are playing musical chairs to fill positions.
Teacher preparation programs will decide if candidates can get their credentials with fewer student teaching hours, formal observations
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing will vote on staff recommendations that would allow teacher candidates to become classroom teachers even though they have been unable to complete all credentialing requirements.
The RICA is outdated and discourages talented teachers, says long-time educator.
On March 3 four California school districts will ask California voters to tax themselves to pay for teacher housing through a general obligation bond.
The governor proposes $1.5 billion over 5 years on incentives for new teachers and grants managed by a small agency to fix highest poverty schools.
Budget proposes incentives, recruitment programs and training to fill needed teaching positions.
Annual PACE/USC Rossier poll also finds support for increasing teacher pay, requiring ethnic studies and taking action to prevent gun violence.
Debate rages on about how to measure a teacher candidate’s ability to teach reading.
CSU still plans to require four years of high school math for freshman admissions, effective in 2027, but will delay formal vote to 2022.
For years the need for trained and qualified teachers has been growing in schools across California, especially in math and science.
The number of new special education teachers working without a full credential hit 5,196 in 2017-18 — the highest number in a decade.
