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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Episode 100: $315 billion pay raise for teachers? And a tug of war over SAT/ACT tests
29/03/2019We review U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris' plan to boost teacher pay $315 billion over a decade and discuss the push – and push back – to letting school districts give the SAT or ACT to all students instead of the state's 11th grade standardized tests.
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Episode 99: Low-income students strive for college access; what’s next for Oakland Unified; community colleges lag in reaching goals
22/03/2019Tina Kim of the nonprofit College Track shares low-income kids' views of rich parents' tactics to get kids into prestigious colleges (they know what they're up against). Alameda County Schools Supt. L. Karen Monroe discusses what's ahead for Oakland Unified, and a look at California Community Colleges' slow start to transfer more students to CSU and UC.
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Episode 98: Point person on early ed looks ahead; principals cope with Trump-era incivility
15/03/2019We speak to Gov. Gavin Newsom's new advisor on early childhood, Giannina Perez, about the governor's ambitious agenda. Then hear UCLA Professor John Rogers on nationwide survey of high school principles that reveals how the incivility and tensions of politics under President Trump are percolating into the classroom.
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Episode 97: A court ruling on pensions and governor’s signature for charter school transparency
08/03/2019Gov. Newsom signs bill requiring more transparency from charter schools but makes no commitment for further restrictions; state Supreme Court issues decision on public employee pensions, and we discuss the implications.
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Episode 96: Tentative agreement in Oakland strike, why nurses are in short supply and pension costs burden districts
02/03/2019Tentative agreement to end Oakland teacher’s strike. And, what one district is doing to attract and retain nurses. Plus, a preview of EdSource’s upcoming webinar on California’s pension crisis, Wednesday, March 6.
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Episode 95: Scenes from a picket line, charter school transparency
22/02/2019With Oakland Unified teachers on strike, a parent and an overworked school nurse give their take on why a job action is needed. We discuss a bill to impose on charter schools the same public disclosure laws applying to school districts.
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Episode 94: Gov. Newsom names new head of California State Board of Education
16/02/2019 Duración: 18minThis week, California's new State Board of Education president; the state's lowest performing schools; using immigrant students' home languages to build their confidence; and an Oakland school tries out a novel approach.
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Episode 93: Another California teacher strike nears
08/02/2019 Duración: 14minOakland Unified could be the second district in California this year to go through the wrenching experience of a teachers' strike. In this week’s podcast, Louis talks with EdSource reporter Theresa Harrington about the overwhelming vote by teachers to authorize a strike — and when it could happen. We also talk with EdSource’s Larry Gordon about the big push at the California State University to improve graduation rates and how far many campuses have to go to reach their goals.
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Episode 91: What’s in store for post-strike Los Angeles Unified?
25/01/2019This week, can teachers and L.A. Unified shed their acrimony from a strike and work together? Can the district afford commitments it negotiated? School board member Nick Melvoin and UCLA Professor John Rogers discuss the impact of the 7-day strike.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 90, January 19, 2019
18/01/2019 Duración: 17minThis week, Louis and John interview EdSource early education reporter Zaidee Stavely and Erin Gabel, deputy director of the state commission First 5 California, about the dramatic plans for expanding access to early childhood development and education in Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget proposal.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 89, January 12, 2019
11/01/2019 Duración: 22minThis week, we play an excerpt of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond's inaugural remarks, and our exit interview with Michael Kirst, who is stepping down as president of the State Board of Education.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 88, January 5, 2019
05/01/2019This week, Louis and John speak with retiring Gov. Jerry Brown about his philosophy of education and his views on charter schools, the use of student data and what education leaders agree will be his most important contribution: the Local Control Funding Formula.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 87, December 29, 2018
29/12/2018 Duración: 18minThis week, John and Louis review memorable events and stories from 2018 and revisit some of John's predictions for the year and how they turned out. Plus an update from EdSource reporter Zaidee Stavely about the effect on children of the Trump administration's proposed restrictions on granting green cards to immigrants who have received government aid.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 86, December 22, 2018
21/12/2018 Duración: 20minThis week, John and Louis discuss the impending teacher strike in Los Angeles Unified School District with KPCC reporter Kyle Stokes, who has reported extensively on the crisis. They also speak with Kyla Johnson Trammell, superintendent of Oakland Unified, which is facing budget turmoil, school closures and tensions with teachers.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 85, December 15, 2018
14/12/2018 Duración: 19minThis week: John speaks with Ed Trust-West's Carrie Hahnel on California's new career and college indicator for the school dashboard. And Marty Alvarado of Jobs for the Future talks to Louis about California's investment in creating career pathways from high school into college and the workplace.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 84, December 1, 2018
01/12/2018 Duración: 14minThis week, what's ahead for DACA recipients? Louis and John talk with EdSource reporter Zaidee Stavely, who has been following the issue, and hear from Salvador Cruz-Matus, a senior at CSU San Marcos who dreams of becoming an American citizen with a Ph.D. in plant biology. Also, the state's new data on suspensions and expulsions in California schools.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 83, November 24, 2018
24/11/2018 Duración: 15minWe analyze reasons for Tony Thurmond's victory over Marshall Tuck as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. We also speak with Mariam Abdullah of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, who cites the benefits of raising a grateful child.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 82, November 17, 2018
17/11/2018 Duración: 13sThis week, an interview with Mandy Corbin, assistant superintendent of the Sonoma County Office of Education, on a devastating wildfire's toll on families and schools. She helped coordinate the response to the state's last big wildfire a year ago.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 81, November 3, 2018
03/11/2018 Duración: 16minThis week, political observer and education consultant Kevin Gordon explains why the race for state superintendent, a position with little power to make policy, is attracting $50 million in spending. Louis recalls a contentious state superintendent campaign a half-century ago.
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This Week in California Education: Episode 80, October 27, 2018
27/10/2018 Duración: 20minState Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Tony Thurmond gives his take on the role of big money donations in the campaign. He explains how he'd rebuild the California Department of Education and why a "pause" in approving new charter schools is needed.