pg&e Strong winds force power shutoffs as fires burn record 2 million acres By Emily Hoeven | CALmattters | September 8, 2020 Meanwhile California sets record for active registered voters; schools tangle with Trump over history curriculum in other state, regional headlines.
Featured in Category Rosalind Wiseman to kick off Education Speaker Series on Sept. 15 By Piedmont Education Foundation | September 4, 2020 In How to Be An Ally, Wiseman will discuss how to have hard conversations about race and privilege.
Featured in Category Letter to the Editor | Veronica Thigpen will bring leadership, fresh perspective to School Board By Stacey Gambrell Hunt, MD | September 4, 2020 Stacey Gambrell Hunt says Thigpen's focus on equity and inclusion will benefit all students.
Letters to the Editor Letter to the Editor | Hilary Cooper can lead through tough times By Sameer Srivastava | September 4, 2020 Sameer Srivastava says Cooper is an inclusive leader and thoughtful decision-maker.
Around Town POPS continues long-term mission for educational equity By Maggie Black | Exedra Intern | September 4, 2020 Student-led group has built momentum around effort to get Piedmonters engaged with Oakland schools.
COVID-19 Reopening elementary schools carries less COVID-19 risk than high schools — but that doesn’t guarantee safety By Jennifer Head and Justin Remals | Local News Matters | September 4, 2020 There are ways to create pandemic resilient classrooms.
wildfires More CA headlines: heat wave; wealthy undercounted in census; Foster Farms shutdown for covid outbreak By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | September 4, 2020 Plus what it would cost California to reopen schools under new public health guidelines.
COVID-19 Behind the ‘Wild West’ of school reopenings By Ricardo Cano and Ana B. Ibarra | CALmatters | September 4, 2020 Schools have spent gobs money just to add the necessary PPE and cleaning staff necessary for a safe and effective school reopening.
California University of California must stop all use of SAT and ACT in admissions, judge orders By Michael Burke | EdSource | September 3, 2020 Judge sided with attorneys who argued that students with disabilities couldn’t access tests during pandemic.
California California to require ethnic studies to graduate high school under bill headed to Gov. Newsom By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 1, 2020 The model curriculum is intended to serve as a guide and the bill would give districts and schools flexibility to decide what would be taught.