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Parent Voice

California Poll Finds Parents Leaving Traditional Public For Charter Schools

Joshua Bay
Campus Security

LA Schools and the Mystery of the Missing Ransom Note

Mark Keierleber
Student Well-Being

California Implements Later School Start Time, Other States Considering

Jasmine De Leon
Student Voice

Why I Had To Leave The Community I Loved To Find the School That Served My Needs

Devin Walton
Los Angeles

LA Students’ Digital Divide: Advocates Fear LAUSD-AT&T Wi-Fi Plan Won’t Be Enough

Veronica Sierra
Student Data

After Huge Illuminate Data Breach, Ed Tech’s ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ Under Fire

Mark Keierleber
Commentary

Educator’s View: How My School’s Care Corps Helps Our Students and Community

Maricela Guerrero
EDlection 2022

Two Surprising Runoffs Likely in L.A. School Board Elections

Rebecca Katz
The 74's Student Council

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock
Literacy

Amid Literacy Crisis, CA Ed Chief Rejects Phonics-Driven Approach to Reading

Linda Jacobson
California

Leader’s View: Why I Stepped Down from the Oakland Unified School District Board

Shanthi Gonzales
bay area

Helping Teachers Afford to Work in Even the Most Expensive Cities

Dorian Barrero-Dominguez
The Big Picture

Outlawing School Segregation Spurred Gains for CA Chicano Students, Study Finds

Asher Lehrer-Small
California

CA Voters Most Dissatisfied With Local Schools

Rebecca Katz
American Education’s Most Turbulent Year

Exclusive: Large Districts Losing Students; Boom Towns, Virtual Schools Growing

Linda Jacobson
Union Report

As Sacramento Teachers Strike, State Union Membership Shows Accelerated Losses

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Parent Liaison Toni Baker on Pandemic Loneliness, Cherishing ‘the Little Things’

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

As COVID and culture wars roil schools, choice backers see an opening

Greg Toppo
bay area

To Fill Special Ed Vacancies, CA Charter Network Sponsors Credentials

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

NM Requires K-12 Staff Booster Shots as Omicron Fears Fuel Vaccination Spike

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Districts Launch New Efforts to Get Absent 9th Graders Back in Class

Linda Jacobson
California

States Passed Retention Laws to Combat Learning Loss, But Most Parents Said No

Linda Jacobson
California

Teaching Reading Amid COVID: How a Rural California School Topped State's List

Ashleigh Panoo
Pandemic

Four States Increase Access to Youth Mental Health Care

Marianna McMurdock
Antonio Villaraigosa

Ballot Measure Would Give California Parents ‘Legal Standing’ to Sue for Better

Linda Jacobson
California

Meet Barrier-Breaking Homecoming Royalty

Meghan Gallagher
California

California Aims to Come From Behind in Making Sure Children Learn to Read

Linda Jacobson
California

School Safety Officer Charged with Murder Wasn’t a Cop. Does That Matter?

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

Three Lawsuits to Weigh the Most Explosive Issues in Schools this Year

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

COVID Shots Required for School Staff in 36% of Top Districts

Asher Lehrer-Small
asylum seekers

RAND Corp. Says 321K Undocumented Kids Entered U.S. Schools From 2016-2019

Jo Napolitano
Pandemic

Exclusive Data: Absenteeism Surged Among English Learners During Pandemic

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Pfizer Sends Vaccine Data for Kids Ages 5-11 to FDA

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Districts Across the U.S. Offering Big Incentives to Subs, Special Ed Teachers

Marianna McMurdock
afterschool

STEM Report: 1.9M Fewer Low-Income Students in Afterschool Programs

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Few California High Schoolers Applied for Pass/No Pass Grading

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Acting on Questionable Evidence, More Districts Require Masks Outside

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Ask the Doctor: Did We Misunderstand the Risk of COVID for Kids?

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

L.A. District Passes Student Vaccine Mandate As Biden Pushes More COVID Testing

Linda Jacobson
Anti-racist teaching

San Francisco’s Ethnic Studies Course a Boon for Student Outcomes

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

Some View Newsom Recall as Disruptive, But Pace of Reopening Still an Issue

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Quarantine Policies Leave Some Students Without Access to Learning

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Hired Today, Fired in ‘22: Are Relief Funds Setting Schools Up for Fiscal Cliff?

Chad Aldeman
Pandemic

Mandatory Student Vaccinations: District Gives Teens Until Nov. 19 to Get Shots

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Students Return In Person to 3 Districts That Never Fully Reopened Last Year

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Ask the Doctor: How to Protect Young Kids from COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Build Black Classrooms That Heal Rather than Traumatize Students

Alicia Montgomery
Math Education

Advocates for Math Equity Question Whether Being Right is Sometimes Wrong

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Ed Department Posts State Plans for Using Relief Funds

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Educator’s View: Can We Get Students a Do-Over School Year?

Corina Sapien
Pandemic

Sleep the ‘Magic Pill’ to Restoring Teens’ Mental Health

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

1st Hearing This Week in California Suit Charging Unequal Education During COVID

Wayne D’Orio
California

Charters Don’t Take Funds From Traditional Schools

Michael J. Petrilli & David Griffith
Pandemic

5 Key School Reopening Updates

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Keep Pandemic’s Digital Innovations for English Learners

Conor Williams
Pandemic

7 Key School Reopening Updates

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Oakland Schools Have a Bold, Simple Idea for Helping Students’ Struggling Families: Raise Money for Them

Ashley McBride
California

Thousands of MN Students Restrained at School Each Year

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

5 Key Updates On Students Returning to Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
California

California Ethnic Studies Push Becomes Culture War Flash Point

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

5 Key Updates On Students Returning to Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Top-Ranked L.A. Arts School Puts Spotlight on Equity

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Report: Learning Loss Data Shows 40,000 Los Angeles High School Students Off Track to Graduate

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

The Week In School Reopenings: 6 Key Updates On Students’ Return To Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Analysis: Pandemic or No, It’s Political Business as Usual for the California Teachers Association

Mike Antonucci
Pandemic

Growing Backlash to CDC School Guidelines as Los Angeles Teachers Demand Vaccines Before Reopening Classrooms and Florida’s Governor Decries Guidance as a ‘Disgrace’

The 74
California

Opinion: As Biden Signs Orders Addressing Systemic Racism, Why Isn’t He Listening to What Black Parents Have to Say About His No. 2 Ed Department Pick?

Margaret Fortune
California

Teaching Black Students Their History and How to Be Entrepreneurs Fulfilled My Lifelong Dream

Brandie Davis
California

L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They’ve Lost in Months of Online Instruction

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

As California’s New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Drive-Thru Thanksgiving: California District Offers Immunizations, Groceries and Turkeys to More than 200 Students

Laura Fay
EDlection 2020

After a Costly Campaign, Charter- and Union-Backed Candidates Each Win Seat on L.A. Unified School Board

Laura Fay
EDlection 2020

LA School Officials Cheer Passage of $7B Bond to Improve Facilities and Tech

Laura Fay
Pandemic

Analysis: Educators Say Distance Learning Failed Most English Learners Last Spring. Here’s 10 Ways to More Effectively Serve ELs as Schools Reopen for Virtual and Blended Learning

Martha Hernandez
Pandemic

Los Angeles Superintendent Calls $150M COVID-19 Testing Effort ‘Necessary and Appropriate,’ but What He Really Wants Is a National Plan

Linda Jacobson
California

Plushie Power: How a Set of Stuffies Is Helping Youngsters in Managing Their Emotions & Aiding Teachers in Preserving SEL Amid a Pandemic

Gail Cornwall
EDlection 2020

Analysis: Kamala Harris Changed Her Thinking About Absenteeism, Truancy & Enforcement. What That Might Mean for Her as VP

Phyllis W. Jordan
California

A School Built on Stagecraft: Los Angeles Performing Arts Program Boasts Dance, Music — and Outstanding Special Ed

Beth Hawkins
California

All In: A Southern California School With a Radical — and Successful — Vision for Students With Disabilities

Beth Hawkins
California

Puzzles Are Bringing Families Together During the Pandemic — They Are Also a Boon to Young Children’s Developing Brains

Zoë Kirsch
Coronavirus

As Higher Education Leaders Wait for Slow-to-Arrive Federal Relief, Students Are Taking Charge of Providing Key Services to Their Classmates & Communities

Mikhail Zinshteyn
Coronavirus

How California’s Largest Community College District Is Making the Switch to Teach Online in Response to COVID-19: “Do Your Best at This Moment”

Mikhail Zinshteyn
Coronavirus

At Least Half of CA’s Districts Are Closed Due to Coronavirus. A Look at L.A. Unified’s Plans to Teach, Feed Students — and How Community Members Reacted on Day 1 of Shutdown

Taylor Swaak
California

A Legal Right to Literacy: 10 Kids Sued California for Failing to Teach Them to Read. Could Their Settlement Set a Precedent for Other Struggling Schools?

Beth Hawkins
California

Startling Science Scores in California: First-Ever Results Show 4 in 5 Low-Income Black and Latino Students Are Falling Short of New State Standards

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
4Fams

Wehrly: What’s the Secret to Closing the Achievement Gap? Aligning Curriculum, Teacher and Student Expectations, and Whole-Child Support

Kari Wehrly
Los Angeles

Cal State University Approves Plan to Add New Admissions Requirement — but Delays Making Formal Change Before Studying Impact

Taylor Swaak
Los Angeles

Parent Engagement, Bilingual Education and Immigrant-Friendly Schools Are Crucial to Student Success in LA, Where 60% of Children Have at Least One Immigrant Parent, New Report Finds

Esmeralda Fabián Romero
California

Tribute: Courtney Everts Mykytyn Inspired Countless Parents Seeking Integrated Schools. Her Death Is a Heartbreaking Loss

Conor Williams
California

Three Years After ESSA Required It, L.A. One of the Few California Districts Making Strides in Keeping Foster Students in Their Home Schools

Susan Abram
Los Angeles

Exclusive: Less Than 25% of L.A. Public School Seniors Last Year Took the Type of Elective Class California State University Wants to Make a Requirement

Taylor Swaak
California

Teacher Residency and Federal Dollars: One Approach to Solving the Rural Teacher Shortage

Mikhail Zinshteyn
The Big Picture

As California Law Looks to End Remedial Education, New Studies Show State’s Community Colleges Showing Uneven Progress in Adopting Math & English Reforms

Mikhail Zinshteyn
Los Angeles

Advocates File Appeal With the State Charging L.A. Schools, County Still Not Accounting for More Than $1B in Funding for High-Needs Students

Taylor Swaak
Los Angeles

As California Expands Ban on ‘Willful Defiance’ Suspensions, Lessons From L.A. Schools, Which Barred Them Six Years Ago

Taylor Swaak
California

Latest Version of Sweeping California Charter School Bill Waters Down Original Draft, Is ‘Setting the Clock of Progress Way Back,’ Opponent Says

Mikhail Zinshteyn
California

Equity Advocates Push Back at CSU Hearing on New Admissions Requirement: ‘We’ll Just Be Re-Creating The Same Systemic Inequities That Already Exist’

Taylor Swaak
California

California Reached a Critical Compromise on Charter Schools, and Students’ Academic Needs Were Central to the Deal

Margaret Fortune
Los Angeles

Kahlenberg: School Segregation Is Too Important to Ignore. New York and Chicago Are Taking Steps to Integrate, and L.A. Should, Too

Richard D. Kahlenberg
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