gavin newsom Newsom’s $8 billion fix to spare cuts to schools, community colleges may face tough sell By John Fensterwald | EdSource | January 23, 2024 Legislators must agree to seek $8 billion in cut from areas outside education in future years.
Education Advanced algebra, data science and more: UC rethinks contested issues of high school math By John Fensterwald | EdSource | December 8, 2023 First up: Can bolstering Introduction to Data Science with math and statistics qualify for taking Algebra 2?
Bay Area How these bills before Gov. Gavin Newsom could change education in California By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 18, 2023 The bills include protections for LGBTQ students, actions to address the teacher shortage and curbs on suspending high school students and on banning textbooks.
education Gov. Newsom poised to sign legislation to counter book bans and school boards’ censorship By John Fensterwald | Edsource | September 8, 2023 Bill will create complaint system, state intervention to thwart FAIR Act violations.
Bay Area Study: California’s K-12 funding overhaul worked as designed By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 1, 2023 Equity-based funding caused big jumps in student performance in the highest-poverty school districts, says UC Berkeley economist Rucker Johnson.
parcel tax Appeals court upholds parcel taxes based on square footage with a ceiling By John Fensterwald | EdSource | August 10, 2023 The decision for Alameda Unified gives school districts and community colleges statewide more latitude to design a parcel tax.
California California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got state data to study education issues By John Fensterwald | EdSource | July 28, 2023 At issue is whether researchers can analyze nonpublic California student data and also testify against the state in related and even unrelated cases.
California State Board of Education passes new California math framework By John Fensterwald | EdSource | July 13, 2023 Unanimous approval follows hours of comments by a public split over accelerating algebra.
California Next, maybe last, big test for California’s controversial math framework By John Fensterwald | EdSource | July 10, 2023 State Board of Education expected to pass latest, clearer version, though critics are still not mollified.
California Legislature to pass its own budget this week to buy time to negotiate with Newsom By John Fensterwald | EdSource | June 13, 2023 Still on the table: where to make cuts and how much more to spend for child care.