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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Pros, cons and confusion over $15 billion construction bond
28/02/2020This week: Jeff Vincent, director of the Center for Cities and Schools at UC Berkeley, explains what Prop 13 would do and how the money would be distributed; and Chris Funk, superintendent of East Side Union High School District, lays out the case for teacher housing.
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Dual enrollment’s great promise; also, #MeToo movement in high school
14/02/2020This week: Leslie Hsu Freeman, manager of dual enrollment for Oakland Unified, describes Oakland's dual enrollment program and the value it brings for first-generation college students; and we discuss the weeklong protests at Berkeley High.
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A surprise recommendation to keep using test scores for UC admission
07/02/2020This week: EdSource reporter Larry Gordon summarizes a new UC faculty task force report that recommends requiring the SAT or ACT for freshmen admissions; and Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, shares why the organization opposes the use of the tests.
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As Trump administration tightens rules on green cards, schools reach out to families
31/01/2020We discuss with researcher Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute the Trump Administration's new restrictions on who can seek green cards for permanent residency.
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CSU chancellor defends extra quantitative reasoning requirement; how SF State meets multiple challenges
24/01/2020This week: CSU Chancellor Timothy White explains where things stand with the plan to require an additional year of quantitative reasoning; and San Francisco State President Lynn Mahoney describes what the university is doing to increase the graduation rate.
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Gov. Newsom bets big on teacher residencies to help ease teacher shortage
17/01/2020This week: We interview a Bakersfield teacher about how a residency program benefited her; and four education leaders share their views of what they liked and would have liked to hear in Newsom's budget presentation.
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LA Unified schools chief reflects on his district one year after strike
10/01/2020This week: We interview the LAUSD superintendent about the turbulent teachers' strike that shook the district and drew national attention one year ago.
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Predictions, with a second opinion, on what will be big in 2020
03/01/2020John Fensterwald debates predictions for big events in California education in 2020 with Ryan Smith of the Partnership for LA Schools.
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Care packages to first-gen college students; two views of a critical state audit
20/12/2019This week: We help deliver care packages to stressed-out CSU East Bay freshmen and get two views on a state audit critical of district spending on high-need students.
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How are students — and schools — doing in California?
13/12/2019This week: LA County Superintendent Debra Duardo cites low performing student groups' progress, while USC Professor Morgan Polikoff faults the dashboard design.
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An education tax on hold; San Mateo County’s vigorous response on mental health
06/12/2019This week: We explore San Mateo County schools' strategies on mental health and the California School Boards' decision to put off a $15 billion tax for schools.
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Shootings underscore school counselors’ daunting challenges
22/11/2019This week: We explore the issue of gun violence and how school counselors are dealing with it and the multiple areas of stress in students' lives.
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The legacy of Prop. 187; schools prepare for future fires
08/11/2019This week: We revisit Proposition 187 — the anti-immigrant initiative that California voters passed 25 years ago; and superintendent of schools in Placer County, Gayle Garbolino Mojica, discusses how her 16 districts were able to lessen disruptions from multiple days of electrical blackouts in October.
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Fires take a toll on students; some districts rethink suspensions
01/11/2019This week: College students in evacuation centers worry about missed time; school districts turn suspensions into opportunities to change behavior.
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Dueling tax measures in 2020; sizing up Tim White’s impact on CSU
25/10/2019This week: We discuss retiring CSU Chancellor Timothy White's impact and why two competing taxes on the November 2020 ballot would be problematic.
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Tim Shriver: the case for social and emotional learning
18/10/2019This week: Tim Shriver, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of social-emotional learning, tells why it's essential and what it looks like when done well.
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Tackling lagging math scores; combating adversity for African American students
11/10/2019This week: We explore confounding math test scores with Silicon Valley Education Foundation's CEO and evidence of adversity facing black youths in LA.
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Inked into law: an act defying the NCAA & new rules for charter schools
05/10/2019This week: We review Fair Pay to Play, California's law on behalf of college athletes, and Gov. Newsom's role in forging a charter school compromise.
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Fired up on climate change in California schools
27/09/2019This week: We take a look at how students and teachers are helping to raise awareness, and shape action in the fight against global warming.
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Counselors or cops in Pomona Unified; full-day kindergarten in every school
20/09/2019This week: We interview Jesus Sanchez, a community organizer and founder of Gente Organizada, and Iris Villalpando, a student leader, about why they fought so hard to change spending priorities in Pomona Unified School District; and we speak with reporter Zaidee Stavely about a bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk that would require every school to offer at least one full-day kindergarten class.