Education

Wendell Norris Marquez teaches pre-AP Spanish to seventh graders at Lively Middle School in Austin, Texas. Credit: Zaidee Stavely/EdSource On a recent Monday morning in Wendell Norris Marquez’s classroom in Austin, Texas, students were getting ready to read a story in Spanish by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. But first, they discussed the differences between a story […]

TRANSCRIPT Louise Simpson, superintendent of Mark Twain Union Elementary School District in Angles Camp, near Yosemite, is frustrated by state rules restricting how small rural districts like hers can spend expanded learning funding. Here’s why. What I’m hoping to do today is to light the fire so that we can explore unrestricting the expanded learning

A special education class at West Contra Costa Unified’s Stege Elementary School in Richmond. Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource TOP TAKEAWAYS Federal cuts are directly impacting programs designed to support students with disabilities in their transition to adulthood and programs that train special education teachers. These cuts have caused significant concern from advocates and educators

Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource KEY TAKEAWAYS The UC course criteria would promote the Liberated Ethnic Studies perspective. It would likely become the default ethnic studies course in K-12 districts. It would contradict the state’s own voluntary, open-ended model curriculum. School districts are looking to the May revision of the state budget to learn if

Students return to Pali South in Santa Monica on April 22. Credit: Mallika Seshadri It was like the first day of school on Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica.  Campus security directed parents as they mapped out drop-off routes. Staff greeted students, who lugged backpacks, musical instruments and sports gear. High schoolers embraced and marveled at

Alison Yin / EdSource Members of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus recently introduced a new bill (AB 1468) to address concerns that the state’s new ethnic studies mandate has been and will continue to be used as a vehicle for sneaking dangerous antisemitism and anti-Israel content into our classrooms. Unfortunately, AB 1468 will only serve

Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource Decades of institutionalized racism and inadequate funding have left California with a racial achievement gap in its schools. All of our students deserve the chance to learn and succeed, but all too often, students of color have been failed by an education system that still bears the marks of a

A general view of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento. Credit: Kirby Lee / AP Top Takeaways The Cradle-to-Career data system links education, workforce and social service data. The Student Pathways dashboard, released Tuesday, will help students decide on a college and career path. California is one of the few states that make educational

“I transferred as a political science student but added a double major for social welfare with the impending changes of the administration, because I wanted to protect the same welfare programs that raised me,” Ghotra said. She transferred to UC Berkeley from community college as a political science major after investing two years to prepare

Student para-planners at the Chico State Financial Wellness Clinic provide the campus community with free financial planning and education services overseen by a licensed financial planner. Credit: Jessica Bartlett / Chico State There’s a group of students whose fate has largely been forgotten amid the shifting political and policy landscape of higher education. It’s young