California Cal State board officially eliminates SAT/ACT for admissions By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | March 22, 2022 CSU joins UC and other campuses in eliminating the admissions exam requirement.
California UCLA apologizes and backtracks on controversial ad for unpaid adjunct job By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | March 21, 2022 A UCLA job ad for an unpaid adjunct job triggered criticism followed by backtracking and an apology.
Education The collapse of community college enrollment: Can California turn it around? By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | March 21, 2022 Despite sinking overall enrollment, some community colleges in California are seeing more students come back.
Education Short-term fixes won’t really solve California’s teacher shortage By Joe Hong | CalMatters | March 17, 2022 Schools are struggling to staff up despite billions in state money flowing to districts to remedy teacher shortages.
Education Revised California math proposal: Despite pushback, little change By Joe Hong | CalMatters | March 15, 2022 The proposed framework, which became embroiled in controversy last year, insists students can reach high-level math classes under its recommendations.
Education Lawmakers pass legislative fix to undo UC Berkeley’s enrollment cap By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | March 14, 2022 Without the bill, the campus said it would have needed to defer admissions and move other students online to satisfy a court order.
Bay Area Legislation would save UC Berkeley from court-ordered enrollment cuts By Michael Burke | EdSource | March 11, 2022 New law would prevent courts from immediately forcing a campus to cut enrollment over population concerns and could be retroactively applied.
education Will a universal screening test for dyslexia mislabel California’s English learners? By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | March 9, 2022 Currently, many schools only test students for reading disabilities if parents or teachers believe they may have one.
Bay Area What people get wrong about first-generation college students By Itzel Luna | CalMatters | March 8, 2022 The CalMatters College Journalism Network spoke with first-generation college students across the state about the challenges they face on campus.
Bay Area How one California elementary school sees success after overhauling its reading program By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | March 8, 2022 Richmond elementary school shelved a popular curriculum that has been criticized for not focusing on phonics.