Education
Bay Area
California districts vary enormously in reading achievement, report finds
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A new study of low-income Latino students suggests that how they score in reading and writing stems more from how they are taught and less from their family income or English proficiency.Bay Area
California sees boost in student applications for college financial aid
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New state law pushes numbers up, following a decline triggered by the pandemic.Bay Area
OUSD educators walk out in wildcat strike action
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Striking teachers want to raise their salaries to the median in Alameda County.Bay Area
Amid California’s mounting literacy crisis, state names new literacy directors
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The state is highlighting structured literacy, which stresses explicit lessons on reading fundamentals such as phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension.Bay Area
Are kids collateral damage in California culture wars?
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Survey: Political polarization is hurting school staff and management and heightening anxiety and hostility among students.Bay Area
AI in school: Virtually chatting with George Washington and your personal GPT-4 tutor
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Khan Academy is first off the block to apply the new GPT-4 artificial intelligence software to education with Khanmigo.Education
Social media challenged: San Mateo schools sue tech firms for alleged harm to students
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The same companies, along with Facebook and parent company Meta, face a similar lawsuit in Seattle.California
California bill would require school employees to notify parents if child identifies as transgender
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A 2022 survey of 34,000 LGBTQ youth found that only a third of transgender and nonbinary children consider home a gender-affirming place.Bay Area
