Bay Area Popular ELA curriculum ‘Units of Study’ receives harsh review By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | October 26, 2021 EdReports criticized the curriculum for relying of “cueing” in K-2 materials for solving unknown words.
Bay Area Lowell HS alumni ask court to press pause on school admissions change By Daniel Montes | Bay City News | October 26, 2021 Plaintiffs allege the school district's decision was rushed and violated the Brown Act.
California Can you teach reading on Zoom? By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | October 26, 2021 High-tech literacy projects emerged out of the pandemic as a way to ensure young students stay on track as they learn to read.
Arts & Entertainment Angélique Kidjo put her own spin on a classic Talking Heads album By Georgia Rowe | Bay City News Foundation | October 25, 2021 The celebrated Beninese musician and composer returns to Zellerbach on Friday.
Bay Area California community colleges unable to justify placing students in remedial classes, study finds By Michael Burke | EdSource | October 25, 2021 A new study finds unnecessary remedial classes exacerbate educational inequities.
Bay Area For months, California private schools have waited for ’emergency’ COVID aid By John Fensterwald | EdSource | October 25, 2021 Delays at the state level have impacted urban Catholic schools in particular.
College Equity proves elusive in gifted programs, research shows By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | October 22, 2021 Long-standing achievement differences on standardized tests play a role, but bias toward Black students by white teachers does, too.
Education Pressure mounts on UC system to reach agreement with lecturer workforce as strikes and class cancellations loom By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 21, 2021 The UC workforce has a churn problem as about a quarter of the system’s 6,000 lecturers don’t return annually.
Education Not on the menu: Halal, kosher options limited in California school lunches By Joe Hong | CalMatters | October 19, 2021 California schools aren’t required to provide meals that adhere to students’ religious or cultural beliefs.
Bay Area Stanford study: writing to a teacher can turn around student lives By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | October 19, 2021 Formerly incarcerated students were less than half as likely to return to jail after they wrote to their teachers.