Bay Area SAT and ACT slip in priority among California high school students By Larry Gordon | EdSource | November 9, 2021 California's public universities won't consider SAT and ACT scores, but some students still take tests for scholarships and placement.
Bay Area The ‘absolutely essential’ role of Black counselors on campus By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | November 8, 2021 Black counselors can play a key role in ensuring Black students are placed in college prep classes and get mental health services.
Bay Area How six California community college districts became targets of scammers By Michael Burke | EdSource | November 5, 2021 Two Bay Area community college districts are among six swindled in enrollment fraud scheme.
Education Cal State races to boost graduation rate and cut early Ds and Fs By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | November 1, 2021 Effort comes as the pandemic threatens to undercut graduation rates.
Bay Area U.C. Hastings law school could be renamed as founder’s racist past is reexamined By Thomas Peele | EdSource | October 29, 2021 Serranus Hastings, a wealthy rancher, played a significant role in the mass killing of California’s Indigenous peoples.
Bay Area Pandemic rules add stress for campus RAs By Itzel Luna, Juhi Doshi, Omar Rashad, and Steven Vargas | October 28, 2021 Resident advisers on college campuses have a complicated job in a normal year; the pandemic is adding to their workload this fall.
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.
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.
Bay Area UC workforce churn: Why a quarter of lecturers don’t return each year By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 5, 2021 Relatively low pay and little job stability create precarious working conditions and now lecturers are considering a strike.