This Week In California Education
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Sinopsis
In This Week in California Education, EdSource editors and reporters discuss the most current issues in education across the state of California.
Episodios
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Introducing Education Beat, a new podcast by EdSource
30/07/2021COMING SOON: Education Beat, a new podcast from EdSource, will debut August 5. Join host Zaidee Stavely each week as she explores everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines.
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EdSource’s new executive director, Anne Vasquez, on forces that shape her views of education
04/06/2021New Executive Director Anne Vasquez reflects on her childhood as the daughter of immigrants and outlines her vision for EdSource.
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Louis Freedberg looks back at EdSource and education in a monumental decade in California
28/05/2021John Fensterwald interviews his co-host, Louis Freedberg, who is stepping down as head of EdSource, about growing up in South Africa and getting kids excited about learning in the United States.
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Teaching controversial issues in a time of turmoil
21/05/2021Research shows that teaching controversial issues leads to students' increased political knowledge, interest and engagement, but for a range of reasons educators often avoid it.
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Newsom’s $2 billion college savings account plan & Chris Edley on his new role
14/05/2021This week we discuss the merits of creating a $500 college savings account for all low-income public school students, and pose this question to Christopher Edley, Jr., the incoming dean of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education: why this job now?
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Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo
30/04/2021This week: School districts are getting billions in federal and state Covid aid. How will the public know if it will be spent effectively?
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Where are California’s 60,000 missing kindergartners? Also, surprise change in leadership at L.A. Unified
23/04/2021Surprise change in leadership at L.A. Unified, we discuss what's behind it. Missing kindergartners account for the biggest state enrollment drop in 20 years; we ask what's next.
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Gov. Newsom wants schools and colleges to reopen fully by fall. But will they?
09/04/2021We explore Gov. Newsom's pronouncement that K-12 and community colleges should open fully after June 15. What will it take to make it happen?
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Summer learning’s promise: a first step to post-Covid healing
02/04/2021This week: Summer programs can provide a transition to post-Covid school reopening; students' needs are great and districts have funding.
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The frontlines over ethnic studies are now local districts
26/03/2021Disagreements over ethnic studies now shift to districts; guided by new state guidelines, they must decide how a course will be taught.
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On increasing college access, superintendent turnover, and Mills College’s closure plan
20/03/2021This week: innovative ideas emerging from the governor's office for ensuring that more students make it to college; the multiple challenges facing school superintendents during the pandemic; Mills College in Oakland is closing its doors.
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Learning pods and hubs, a pandemic innovation, thrive and evolve
12/03/2021This week, learning hubs. Robin Lake of Center on Reinventing Public Education, tells how they're innovating. Lakisha Young, a learning hub pioneer in Oakland, updates us.
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Will $2 billion in incentives entice more schools to open their doors?
06/03/2021Views are split on whether a $2 billion plan to coax schools to reopen will work. Fresno Supt. Bob Nelson says yes to an extent. A Carlsbad activist says it'll fall flat.
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Gov. Newsom lays out priorities for vaccinating teachers; uncertainties on standardized tests
27/02/2021Gov. Newsom moves up some teachers for Covid shots; Alameda Supt. L.K. Monroe explains the policy. State Board ED Brooks Allen sums up the status of standardized tests.
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Assessing student progress during pandemic; new CSU chancellor on reopening campuses in fall
13/02/2021EdSource reporters share insights on grading students, measuring English learner progress and new California State University chancellor Joe Castro's priorities.
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CTA president on vaccinating teachers; San Francisco school superintendent on ‘frivolous’ lawsuit
06/02/2021San Francisco Supt. Vincent Matthews fires back at a city lawsuit to reopen schools; CTA's E. Toby Boyd insists vaccinations are critical for a safe return.
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Should students return to school for in-person instruction?
29/01/2021Divisions among parents and teachers form as pressure mounts in California to bring back elementary school students to school for in-person instruction.
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Linda Darling-Hammond and Ted Mitchell on President Biden’s plans for education
23/01/2021Linda Darling-Hammond, who led President Biden's transition team on education, and Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, detail Biden's immediate and post-pandemic plans for schools and colleges.
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Safe or unsafe to reopen schools now? Contrasting views from a superintendent and a physician
16/01/2021Fresno Supt. Bob Nelson explains urban districts' opposition to Gov. Newsom's reopening plan while Dr. Jeanne Noble of UCSF says it's safe to return to schools by Feb. 1
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Reflections on an insurrection, education predictions for 2021
08/01/2021This week, John and Ryan Smith, external officer for the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, reflect on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and its impact on students watching the event, and they share 2021 predictions of education in California.