education ‘Just-right’ books: Does leveled reading hurt the weakest readers? By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | November 14, 2022 Teachers become gatekeepers to books, a longstanding practice in many schools where the assigned reading level is treated as sacred.
Bay Area California school board races don’t see red wave By Diana Lambert | EdSource | November 10, 2022 Conservative organizations spent more than a year recruiting, training and endorsing candidates in an effort to win what are generally considered nonpartisan seats.
California Windfall for arts education with the likely passage of Proposition 28 By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | November 9, 2022 California initiative will bring nearly $1 billion to K-12 schools for drama, music, art
Bay Area Supreme Court conservative majority signals opposition to affirmative action By Michael Burke | EdSource | October 31, 2022 In 1996 race-conscious admissions were banned at public California colleges, which have since struggled to enroll diverse student bodies.
Bay Area Study finds college president searches favor white men and offers strategies to change that By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | October 31, 2022 A new report comes at a critical time in California, with positions at the helm open at CSU, community colleges, and other institutions.
Bay Area Stanford-Harvard ‘scorecard’ translates California’s test scores into months of missed learning By John Fensterwald | EdSource | October 28, 2022 The "Education Recovery Scorecard" shows vast disparities among districts in how much learning declined during the pandemic.
Education EdSource special report: New literacy standards for teacher candidates could be pivotal to improving student reading scores By Diana Lambert | Edsource | October 28, 2022 This is the fifth in an occasional series on the dramatic national push to revamp how reading is being taught in the earliest grades.
Bay Area State test scores show continued negative impact of pandemic By Exedra Staff | October 25, 2022 Piedmont's proficiency rates in reading appear to hold steady, but math scores dipped.
Cal Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action in admissions could affect California private colleges By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | October 25, 2022 Decision could also impact California students attending colleges out of state.
Bay Area Fall undergraduate enrollment declines have slowed, but still ‘troubling’ By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | October 20, 2022 College matriculation declines nationwide are steeper at four-year schools than at community colleges.