April 11, 2023

Schools should partner with family farms to provide nutrition and education

We need more opportunities for family farms and schools to engage children with fresh, nutritious California-grown school meals.

Adleit Asi and Alba Landaverde

April 3, 2023

Changes to college student eligibility for CalFresh | Quick Guide

CalFresh eligibility rules for students are changing in June. College students are being urged to apply before June 10.

Betty Márquez Rosales

March 31, 2023

Collaboration at center of keeping students in school after juvenile detention

Oakland's Hattie Tate is at the center of a successful reentry program that focuses on strengthening the relationship between school staff and students who have been newly released from juvenile detention.

Betty Márquez Rosales

March 29, 2023

When K-12 leaders or teachers make mistakes, who takes note?

When educators misinterpret assessment data, it can affect the support students receive or the classes in which they are placed, resulting in significant, even lifelong consequences for the student.

Steve Rees

March 28, 2023

Our newcomer students deserve better

A teacher with a specialized credential to help California's latest English learners faces the truth: Her training falls far short, and the state must do more.

Jenna Hewitt King

March 28, 2023

California districts vary enormously in reading achievement, report finds

A new study of low-income Latino students suggests that how they score in reading and writing stems more from how they are taught and less from their family income or English proficiency.

Zaidee Stavely

March 13, 2023

The privilege of staying home for college

Completing college while staying at home can provide just as many opportunities and rewards as going away to a distant campus.

Emmely Ramirez

March 9, 2023

Can common ground be found on teaching reading in California?

A new paper aims to find consensus about literacy curriculum for English language learners and other students and early screeners for reading.

Zaidee Stavely

March 3, 2023

California’s juvenile justice system seeks to end the incarceration of girls and young women

California has launched an initiative to end the incarceration of girls and young women after finding success with a pilot based in Santa Clara County.

Betty Márquez Rosales

March 1, 2023

A data-driven approach to tackling chronic absenteeism that any school can use

Schools can make a dent in chronic absenteeism rates if they go about it the right way.

Leilani Abulon

February 13, 2023

Hmong is a ‘dying’ language – but it’s being preserved at this Fresno school

Many children of Hmong immigrants do not know their parents' native language well. The community does not have a separate nation in Southeast Asia.

Ashleigh Panoo

February 6, 2023

Bilingual students do better on tests than native English speakers. Why?

Some researchers say the bar to be considered proficient in English is so high that only students who perform well can be reclassified.

Zaidee Stavely

February 3, 2023

CSU’s housing grants aim to prevent rent crises among students

CSU students now have access to housing grants if they're struggling to pay rent, thanks to a $10 million systemwide increase in state funding for basic needs.

Betty Márquez Rosales

February 1, 2023

Learning to read by third grade requires evidence-based instruction, panel says

Strong parent-teacher partnerships and evidence-based reading strategies are key, panelists said at a roundtable hosted by EdSource.

Betty Márquez Rosales

January 18, 2023

The right choices? Leaders, policymakers and experts react to Gov. Newsom's 2022-23 education budget

See what education leaders are saying about the governor’s plan to fund education in the coming year.

EdSource staff