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Student Wellbeing

What sets the stage for student learning? EdSource Today reports on major school reform initiatives rooted in improving the physical, emotional and behavioral health of children and teens. Strategies include social and emotional skill-building, trauma-informed teaching and school-based health centers. The goal: Attendance improves, discipline referrals fall, teen pregnancy rates drop and engagement in learning increases.

December 3, 2018

Tears, hugs mark reunion of Paradise students and teachers

Nearly a month after the deadliest wildfire in California history, students throughout Butte County return to school.

Diana Lambert And David Washburn

November 29, 2018

In limbo, DACA students look to Congress again for help

A court decision this month requires the government to keep accepting DACA renewal applications, but the Trump administration is calling for the Supreme Court to step in. In the meantime, some young immigrants look to the newly elected House of Representatives.

Zaidee Stavely

November 28, 2018

California school districts to get ‘wake-up call’ with new absenteeism measures

At least 40 percent of California school districts and charter schools have rates of chronic absence in grades K-8 that are high or very high based on new performance measures that will be unveiled next month.

David Washburn

November 28, 2018

Plans come into focus for California schools ravaged by wildfires

Officials have identified three elementary schools that will take Paradise Unified students displaced by the deadly Camp Fire and are close to securing a site for middle and high schoolers.

David Washburn And Diana Lambert

November 20, 2018

Paradise educators find resilience amid fire's destruction

School officials throughout Butte County are working furiously to find classrooms for children who lost their schools in the Camp Fire, while also worrying about the emotional impact of the losses on students and teachers.

David Washburn And Diana Lambert

November 18, 2018

Parents group says Los Angeles Unified failing to keep them informed on lead in water

The district posts lead test results online, but parents say that isn’t enough. They want the district to warn parents when high lead levels are found.

Nico Savidge

November 16, 2018

After the fire, a school district gone

The Camp Fire damaged or destroyed the majority of the schools in the Paradise Unified School District and at least 3,800 of the district's students, along with scores of teachers and several school board members, lost their homes in what has become the deadliest fire in California history.

David Washburn And Diana Lambert

November 14, 2018

Trump's proposed regulations limiting benefits for immigrants could hurt many US-born children

The Trump administration proposes to deny people green cards for using Medi-Cal or food stamps. Benefits received by U.S. citizen children cannot be taken into account, under the draft regulations. But experts say parents could pull hundreds of thousands of California children out of health and nutrition programs out of fear.

Zaidee Stavely

November 14, 2018

New California coalition agrees on next steps to improve schools, student achievement

The Alliance for Continuous Improvement releases a "GPS" guide that calls for improving on sweeping changes already in place: new education standards, a more equitable funding system and higher expectations for student success.

John Fensterwald

November 9, 2018

Why aren't we protecting our young?

The Borderline massacre indicates that no one is safe when lethal weapons are too easily accessible to people whose only intent is to use them to slaughter others.

Louis Freedberg

October 31, 2018

California needs a new master plan to close the education equity gap

State must invest new revenues in public education and modernize data system, author says.

John Affeldt

October 24, 2018

California colleges get funding to expand services to undocumented college students

The grants will provide legal aid, mental health services, and career support to undocumented students and their families.

Zaidee Stavely

October 23, 2018

Youth advocates say some Central Valley schools resisting their voter education efforts

Organizers are attempting to reverse the historically low turnout among young voters.

David Washburn

October 12, 2018

Correctable vision problems hinder learning for too many children

Early detection and correction of poor vision is key to giving all children an equal opportunity to learn.

Kristan Gross

October 7, 2018

California rural education network launches to help isolated teachers share resources

Many school officials say they feel overlooked, under-resourced and overwhelmed by the needs of their students and families.