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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.

August 10, 2017

Inspired by Skid Row, educator opening charter to help LA's homeless children and families

Crete Academy, near South L.A.’s Leimert Park neighborhood, is one of nine new independent charters opening within Los Angeles Unified School District this year, and the only one dedicated to fighting homelessness with an arsenal of social services to help families.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

August 10, 2017

What it means when a school district declares itself a 'safe haven' or 'sanctuary': a quick guide

Definitions of “sanctuary” vary from district to district, but in most cases it means that school staff will not allow federal immigration agents on campus without a warrant, subpoena or court order.

Carolyn Jones

August 8, 2017

Circle up: Teaching social-emotional skills year round

All social-emotional learning, all the time as California moves to start a conversation between after-school and summer programs and their school-day counterparts.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 27, 2017

Record high vaccination rates of 7th-graders reported in first year of stricter requirements

As California's strict vaccination law turns a year old, vaccination rates have reached their highest levels.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 27, 2017

Understanding social and emotional learning: a quick guide

Information about social and emotional learning for parents, teachers, administrators and students.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 24, 2017

Settlement in Kern discrimination lawsuit calls for new school discipline policies

The Kern High School District in the Central Valley admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to settle because changes in school discipline reflect current policies.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 19, 2017

Mobile classroom brings education to the hardest-to-reach students

Five Keys Charter School's refurbished bus will help high school dropouts earn their diplomas or GEDs.

Carolyn Jones

July 17, 2017

Social and emotional learning appears to provide benefits that last

The students retained those skills when researchers tracked them months or even years later.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 12, 2017

Do girls have access to team sports? Many California schools aren't telling, despite law

Many California schools aren't reporting whether girls have equal access to high school sports teams, a new study from Legal Aid at Work finds.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 10, 2017

State board faces deadline, tough decisions on new federal law for improving schools

The proposal to use dashboard colors to identify the lowest-achieving schools is being sharply criticized.

John Fensterwald

July 4, 2017

Oakland expands computer game math program used by 1 million students in California and nationwide

Oakland joins districts in California and across the country that see improvements in math proficiency among students who work with ST Math

Theresa Harrington

July 2, 2017

Votes coming on teacher tenure, for-profit charters, other key bills

Legislators must decide this month before they take August off.

EdSource staff

June 29, 2017

5 resources to help LGBTQ youth

Advocates say students need to feel safe to focus on learning.

Erin Brownfield

June 28, 2017

Governor signs 2017-18 budget allocating more money to schools

Budget increases Local Control Funding Formula to 97 percent, boosts higher education spending and preschool eligibility.

Theresa Harrington

June 25, 2017

In California push to help students with dyslexia, LA schools take a first step

Parents described the nightmare of a child who is unable to learn to read and the need for schools to provide services to address dyslexia.