Commentary

April 22, 2019

We must embrace equity over elitism in higher education

College quality to should be measured by the number and diversity of the students they graduate, not by institutional wealth and high rejection rates, author says.

April 15, 2019

California's school pension funding plan is working

Current defined-benefit pension plan is the best option for California teachers, author says.

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.

April 4, 2019

Better data helps San Diego schools more effectively address chronic absenteeism

Effective use of data can help schools do more of what works and less of what doesn’t, authors say.

Debbie Lieberman and Tia Anzellotti

April 2, 2019

Lack of effective state education data system holds students back

Longitudinal system that connects K-12 and higher ed could help more students complete college.

March 25, 2019

California needs a better education data system but who will manage it?

A well-constructed higher-education coordinating entity could change the course of California education from opaque and siloed to transparent and coordinated.

March 20, 2019

A cap on charters would only cap family choices

Don't ignore the powerful impact charter schools have on student's lives, former student says.

March 19, 2019

Darling-Hammond: Building a 'world class and equitable education system in California'

In her first remarks as president of the State Board of Education, Linda Darling-Hammond says that California must prepare kids "to work with knowledge that hasn't been discovered yet, using technologies that haven't been invented yet, solving big problems that we have not yet managed to solve."

EdSource Staff

March 13, 2019

Wealthy California parents undermine push for 'meritocracy' in college admissions

Most parents charged in the bribery scandal are from California, as are those who carried out the schemes and received the bribes.

Louis Freedberg

March 12, 2019

Bringing education closer to home helps vulnerable kids

Initiative takes afterschool programs to affordable housing communities.

Jennifer Peck

March 10, 2019

Grades must reflect mastery, not just effort

More attention, training needed to solve the problem of misleading grades, author says.

Derrick Chau

February 28, 2019

Charter schools are not to blame for Oakland Unified's financial woes

Scapegoating charters not the solution to district's labor dispute, author says.

Eric Premack

February 21, 2019

Why I am on the picket line, not in my classroom

A teacher’s perspective on the Oakland strike

Ginger Cook

February 20, 2019

Oakland superintendent: District must choose 'imperfect solutions over strife'

Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell, a former Oakland Unified teacher and principal, says district has to live within its "current financial reality" and end the "same repeated conversations that we have been having for decades."

Kyla Johnson-Trammell

February 18, 2019

Oakland principals support teachers but call for more state and local funds

Open letter in support of Oakland Unified teachers signed by 75 principals from district.