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Amid Literacy Crisis, CA Ed Chief Rejects Phonics-Driven Approach to Reading
Opinion
Leader’s View: Why I Stepped Down from the Oakland Unified School District Board
Opinion
Educator’s View: Aiding Teachers With Student Loan Debt, Fees & Financial Literacy Can Help Them Afford to Work in Even the Most Expensive Cities
News
First-Ever Study of Mexican-American School Desegregation Finds Marked Gains for Chicano Students
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California Voters More Dissatisfied With Local Schools after Pandemic than Voters in Other States, New Poll Finds
Featured
‘Those Kids Did Not Come Back’: Exclusive Enrollment Data Shows Students Continue to Flee Urban Districts as Boom Town Schools and Virtual Academies Thrive
Analysis
Exclusive: As Sacramento Educators Strike, Post-COVID Numbers Show Accelerated Membership Losses in California Teachers Association
News
‘It Was Already Hard For Us’: Oakland REACH’s Toni Baker on How the Pandemic Sparked Her Journey to Parent Advocacy
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School Choice Backers See Opening in COVID Chaos, Even as Culture War Issues Threaten to Fracture Coalition
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‘Already in the Door’: How One California Charter Network is Recruiting Staff as Special Education Teachers with Free Credentialing, Mentorship, and Better Salaries
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New Mexico Requires School Staff Booster Shots as Omicron Fears Fuel Nationwide Vaccination Spike
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‘Try Everything to Find Them’: Districts Launch New Efforts to Get Chronically Absent 9th Graders Back in Class
Featured
Exclusive Data: Experts Hailed Holding Kids Back as an Emergency Response to Pandemic Learning Loss
News
From ‘Picture Walks’ to Book Q&As, Here’s How One Rural California School Topped State’s List for Being Best in Reading
News
The Kids Are Not All Right: How 4 States Are Rushing to Improve Student Access to Mental Health Care
News
Proposed California Ballot Measure Would Give Parents ‘Legal Standing’ to Sue for Better Schools as Right-to-Education Efforts Spread
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Homecoming Legends: Meet the Barrier-Breaking Teens Named 2021 High School Royalty
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California Aims to Come From Behind in Making Sure Children Learn to Read, But Some See New Push as Political
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The California School Safety Officer Accused of Murder Wasn’t a Cop. Does that Actually Matter?
News
Three Lawsuits to Weigh the Most Explosive Issues in Schools this Year