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In This Week in California Education, EdSource editors and reporters discuss the most current issues in education across the state of California.

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    • Jul 30, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Introducing Education Beat, a new podcast by EdSource

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021


    COMING 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.

    EdSource’s new executive director, Anne Vasquez, on forces that shape her views of education

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021


    New Executive Director Anne Vasquez reflects on her childhood as the daughter of immigrants and outlines her vision for EdSource.

    Louis Freedberg looks back at EdSource and education in a monumental decade in California

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021


    John 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.

    Teaching controversial issues in a time of turmoil

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021


    Research shows that teaching controversial issues leads to students' increased political knowledge, interest and engagement, but for a range of reasons educators often avoid it.

    Newsom’s $2 billion college savings account plan & Chris Edley on his new role

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021


    This 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?

    Pandemic puts school accountability in limbo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021


    This week: School districts are getting billions in federal and state Covid aid. How will the public know if it will be spent effectively?

    Where are California’s 60,000 missing kindergartners? Also, surprise change in leadership at L.A. Unified

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021


    Surprise 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.

    Gov. Newsom wants schools and colleges to reopen fully by fall. But will they?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021


    We 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?

    Summer learning’s promise: a first step to post-Covid healing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021


    This week: Summer programs can provide a transition to post-Covid school reopening; students' needs are great and districts have funding.

    The frontlines over ethnic studies are now local districts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021


    Disagreements over ethnic studies now shift to districts; guided by new state guidelines, they must decide how a course will be taught.

    On increasing college access, superintendent turnover, and Mills College’s closure plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021


    This 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.

    Learning pods and hubs, a pandemic innovation, thrive and evolve

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021


    This 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.

    Will $2 billion in incentives entice more schools to open their doors?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021


    Views 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.

    Gov. Newsom lays out priorities for vaccinating teachers; uncertainties on standardized tests

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021


    Gov. 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.

    Assessing student progress during pandemic; new CSU chancellor on reopening campuses in fall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021


    EdSource reporters share insights on grading students, measuring English learner progress and new California State University chancellor Joe Castro's priorities.

    CTA president on vaccinating teachers; San Francisco school superintendent on ‘frivolous’ lawsuit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021


    San 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.

    Should students return to school for in-person instruction?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021


    Divisions among parents and teachers form as pressure mounts in California to bring back elementary school students to school for in-person instruction.

    Linda Darling-Hammond and Ted Mitchell on President Biden’s plans for education

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021


    Linda 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.

    Safe or unsafe to reopen schools now? Contrasting views from a superintendent and a physician

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021


    Fresno 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

    Reflections on an insurrection, education predictions for 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021


    This 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.

    An overdue present from Congress; a site to honor inspiring teachers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020


    Leilani Aguinaldo of School Services explains new federal Covid aid for K-12; Teacher Stories website founder Ken Futernick tells how to express gratitude to teachers.

    How Covid has upended lives of families and plans of college freshmen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020


    With the pandemic decimating family incomes, some students go to work instead of college; CSU counsels freshmen to stay in school, take a full course load.

    What’s next for the new early education Master Plan?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020


    We explore the ambitious goals of California's Master Plan for Early Learning and Care to expand preschool, child care and opportunities for dual-language learners.

    California lawsuit charges ‘inequitable’ distance learning; Chancellor Tim White’s exit interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020


    An attorney suing the state explains why distance learning is violating Black and Latino students' constitutional rights; departing CSU Chancellor Tim White looks back and ahead.

    A daily dose of gratitude; a Cabinet post for DACA’s implementer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020


    Listen to high school students read gratitude notes to classmates; meet Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden's nominee to run Homeland Security; he crafted the DACA program.

    Surprise: a big windfall for California schools; Rx for reviving civics education

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020


    LAO's deputy analyst on why K-14 schools can expect a big surplus, not cuts, next year. Plus, a study confirms schools minimize civics ed – at their peril.

    Joe Biden’s transition team goes to work; purple haze falls on Elk Grove

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020


    This week: Martha Kanter, the former undersecretary of education, discusses Joe Biden's higher ed goals. Elk Grove Supt. Elk Grove sees "purple" further delaying school reopening.

    Election post-mortem on Props 15 & 16, taxes and affirmative action

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020


    This week, we delve into results of Props 15 & 16 and speculate on a Biden presidency with USC's Pedro Noguerra, union President Jeff Freitas, LA Partnership's Ryan Smith.

    Why high schools steer clear of Biden-Trump; reopening in Capistrano

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020


    This week: Distance learning compounds challenges of teaching a divisive presidential race. Also, how the children returned in Capistrano.

    If Prop. 16 passes, how might it make a difference for K-12 and CSU?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020


    This week, we explore implications of Prop. 16, rescinding the ban on affirmative action, on funding, hiring, and diversity for K-12 and CSU.

    With cameras running, an Orange County high school reopens; principals answer the call

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020


    An Orange County principal explains how his high school met multiple challenges to reopen; UCLA Prof. John Rogers on principals' unheralded responses to Covid-19.

    Distance learning: An EdSource poll, a parent’s lament, a teacher’s tips

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020


    This week: EdSource's poll on distance learning (low marks from parents); excerpts from a frazzled mom's diary and a teacher's techniques to motivate kids.

    Drilling down on Prop. 15; treating wildfires’ trauma on children

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020


    This week: opposite views on Prop. 15, an initiative to raise commercial property taxes, and a look at wildfires' lingering trauma on kids.

    On the hazards of returning to K-12 campuses, and declining community college enrollments

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020


    Teachers union insists Covid-19 protections must be in place; leader of state's largest community college hopes students can rebound in the spring.

    Colleges brace for rising anxiety and depression amid pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020


    Humberto Hernandez, a psychologist at Cerritos College, explains how that college is expanding teletherapy to help students deal with financial, academic and life challenges; Camille Horrigan-Slajus, a psychology major at Santa Monica College, tells how Active Minds, a national organization that focuses on young people’s wellbeing, is encouraging students to seek services that are available.

    Chico State’s failed reopening; Assemblywoman Shirley Weber’s hope for ethnic studies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020


    Chico State President Gayle Hutchinson discusses a doomed effort to reopen amid Covid-19; Assemblywoman Shirley Weber celebrates the passage of ethnic studies.

    Counties go on and off the Covid list; contention over Zoom cameras on kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020


    We explore: Should teachers require kids to keep Zoom cameras on? Also, two county superintendents on opposite ends of the Covid watch list.

    Coronavirus compounds education challenges in Central Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020


    Don Shalvey of San Joaquin A+ talks about how to increase college attainment, and Brian Biedermann, the new superintendent of Stockton Unified, says distance learning is going well, but 8 to 10 percent of students not accounted for on online rolls.

    Bargaining over distance learning; prepping the next student leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020


    How San Juan Unified and its teachers reached a deal on distance learning and how Ed 100 is inspiring student leaders.

    prepping distance learning bargaining student leaders san juan unified school district
    Sal Khan’s advice on preparing for and succeeding with distance learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020


    Sal Khan, creator of the free online learning site that bears his name, offers advice on what effective and engaging distance learning should look like when schools reopen this month.

    Parents worried about the fall plan ‘learning pods’ and micro-schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020


    Worried about distance learning, families set up "learning pods." UC Prof. Janelle Scott discusses them. Lakisha Young describes a "hub" for Black and Latino families in Oakland.

    Two districts target learning loss; parents to get a say on distance learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020


    This week: West Contra Costa & Palo Alto superintendents address learning loss. Teach Plus' Sarah Lillis urges parents to speak out for quality distance learning.

    Covid-19 lawsuits, a school district worry and Michael Drake, UC’s new president

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020


    We explore what districts can do to protect against coronavirus lawsuits and discuss UC's new president, Michael Drake.

    Linda Darling-Hammond on state’s new expectations for distance learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020


    Linda Darling-Hammond outlines new requirements for distance learning; reporter Zaidee Stavely discusses parents' worries about returning to schools.

    State budget anxiety; Janet Napolitano on reopening UC

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020


    Fresno Unified's superintendent sizes up the new state budget; departing UC President Napolitano discusses reopening campuses and repealing Prop. 209.

    Victory for DACA recipients; get ready for another round of renaming schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020


    This week: the PTA president who led the effort to rename a school after Michelle Obama; Maria Blanco of the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center on the unexpected court ruling preserving DACA.

    Community colleges’ role in police training; summer academy for student leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020


    This week, Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley calls for a reexamination of training programs for police in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

    The tension between local control and state authority in a pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020


    This week: Two views of local control during COVID-19 – Palos Verdes Supt. Alex Cherniss: fewer safety restrictions; Heather Hough of PACE : stronger state expectations for learning.

    UC drops SAT/ACT; districts connect with homeless students

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020


    This week: UC regents decide to abandon the SAT and ACT exams. Plus, how districts are reaching homeless students and what more they could do.

    CSU’s Tim White on all online learning this fall; looming education budget cuts explained

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020


    This week: Chancellor Tim White explains why the CSU's 23 campuses will be all online this fall ,and EdSource reporters review education cuts in Gov. Gavin Newsom's bad news budget.

    California foresees historic deficit; will schools face a massive cut?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020


    This week: School consultant John Gray discusses potential ways to cope with a devastating revenue shortfall projected for K-12 schools next year.

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