California Why the University of California has a massive surge in freshman applications By Michael Burke | EdSource | February 11, 2021 College access experts attribute the massive spike in applications partially to the elimination of the SAT and ACT in admissions.
California Low kindergarten attendance creates first grade problem By Elizabeth Aguilera | CalMatters | February 9, 2021 There will be a larger than normal cohort of kids that will need extra attention next school year.
California Teacher vaccines in California determined by location, luck By Ricardo Cano | CalMatters | February 9, 2021 Across California, vaccinating teachers has become a central sticking point in talks between districts and unions for returning students in person.
California California teachers grapple with grading nearly a year after initial school closures By Sydney Johnson | EdSource | February 9, 2021 Surge in Fs and Ds during distance learning is a reminder of pandemic's toll on students, and prompts a revision of grading expectations and policies.
California New data shines light on student achievement progress — and gaps — in California and U.S. By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | February 8, 2021 Greatest concern in new data released in a Stanford study is the widening Black-white academic achievement gap.
California School reopening debates balance on tightrope between ideal safety, COVID’s reality By Laura Ungar and Samantha Young | Kaiser Health News | February 8, 2021 Across the country, politics have muddied the question of when and how to reopen schools.
College Teaching about pandemics and inequality in real-time By Jodi Benenson and Tara Kolar Bryan, University of Nebraska Omaha | The Conversation | February 5, 2021 A graduate student course centered around pandemics, protest, and policy brought past and current issues together in real time.
California Newsom proposes ‘dual admission’ program for community college transfer students By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | February 3, 2021 The new program would ease student transfer from community college to a specific California State University or University of California campus.
California California schools press ‘play’ on esports leagues during pandemic By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | February 2, 2021 Schools are hoping to provide students with the teamwork and camaraderie — maybe even some tech knowledge — that they lack while isolated.
College Berkeley de-names another hall, fourth in 12 months By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | January 29, 2021 Anthropologist Alfred Kroeber continues to be associated with the ideas of exclusion and erasure of Native Americans.