Cal State must improve online education across campuses, study urges
By Larry Gordon, EdSource To help boost graduation rates, the Cal State system needs to make it easier for students to take online classes offered by CSU campuses other than their home one, a state...
View ArticleSchools become a ‘safe haven’ for Salvadoran students in wake of crackdown
By CAROLYN JONES, EdSource California schools are bracing for the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to oust thousands of Salvadoran immigrants, many of whom have been in the U.S. since the...
View ArticleCalifornia to explain but not change school improvement plan federal...
By John Fensterwald, EdSource Despite significant criticisms last month by the U.S. Department of Education, California will likely make clarifications but no substantial changes to the state’s plan...
View ArticleNew science standards a boon for the littlest learners
By Carolyn Jones, EdSource Science education has long been a weak spot at some elementary schools, but educators are hoping California’s new science standards — if implemented well — will entice...
View ArticleImpact of marijuana legalization in California on teens uncertain
By Louis Freedberg and Nico Savidge, EdSource Now that California has legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults 21 years old and older, one pressing public health question is whether...
View ArticleGov. Brown promotes $100 million online community college but faculty...
By Mikhail Zinshteyn, EdSource Gov.Jerry Brown has voiced strong support for a new online-only community college saying it wouldn’t detract from existing colleges, but it apparently failed to win over...
View ArticleFederal, state visions for improving schools collide in California
By JOHN FENSTERWALD, EdSource uring a presentation earlier this month on how to choose the roughly 300 lowest-performing schools that must get intensive help under federal law, a number struck some...
View ArticleDespite low tuition, California college students take on debt for other costs
By NICO SAVIDGE, EdSource California colleges and the state’s financial aid system have done a good job of keeping tuition costs manageable, but other expenses such as housing, food and textbooks are...
View ArticleTeacher shortages persist in California and getting worse in many communities
By LOUIS FREEDBERG, EdSource Despite an improving economy and new efforts to recruit teachers, California’s teacher shortage is showing no signs of easing up. In fact, shortages are becoming more...
View ArticleSuspension rates for black male students in California higher for foster...
By LEE ROMNEY, EdSource Black male students in rural counties and those in foster care are suspended at particularly high rates in California, a new report has found. Black boys in foster care in the...
View ArticleUniversity of California president wants to offer guaranteed admission to...
By MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN, EdSource While the California State University system offers community college students guaranteed admission if they take the required classes, the University of California does...
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Whites dominate California college faculties while students are more diverse,...
By LARRY GORDON, EdSource The faculty and senior leadership at many of California’s public colleges and universities are so overwhelmingly white — and frequently male — that the increasingly ethnically...
View ArticleIlluminating science for blind students, with help from latest tech devices
By Carolyn Jones, EdSource A high school student in Los Angeles, Ann Wai-Yee Kwong, who is visually impaired, remembers what it was like when her classmates did a science project. They mixed chemicals...
View ArticleCalifornia makes significant gain in reading on much anticipated national test
By JOHN FENSTERWALD, EdSource Led by strong scores in 8th-grade reading, California moved closer to the national averages in reading and math, continuing a decade-plus trend of generally slow but...
View ArticleChild poverty drops in California, but is still the nation’s highest
By Carolyn Jones, EdSource alifornia’s booming economy has led to a slight drop in the child poverty rate, but the state still has the highest rate in the country when the cost of living is taken into...
View ArticleAfrican-American students would get extra funding under proposal before...
By John Fensterwald, EdSource California districts with African-American students, currently the lowest-performing ethnic or racial student group, would receive additional funding under a bill that...
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Despite progress, California’s teaching force far from reflecting diversity...
By LOUIS FREEDBERG, EdSource California has a far more racially and ethnically diverse teaching force than it had 20 years ago — and a more diverse one than is the case nationally. About about 1 in 3...
View ArticleEducators face new challenges in ‘superdiverse’ classrooms where multiple...
By ASHLEY HOPKINSON, EdSource Teachers of English learners find it challenging to communicate in classrooms where students come from a variety of language and cultural backgrounds. Some children may...
View ArticleAfrican-American students with disabilities suspended at disproportionately...
By Lee Romney, EdSource African-American special education students nationwide lose substantially more instruction time due to discipline than their white counterparts, according to a report by The...
View ArticleCalifornia, other states expanding preschool programs but quality still lags
By Ashley Hopkinson, EdSource California has increased the number of 3-year-olds enrolled in state-funded preschool programs over the last 10 years, but needs to improve preschool quality, including...
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