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.
California State schools chief apologizes to private, parochial school leaders for mishandling federal COVID aid By John Fensterwald | EdSource | November 5, 2021 Tony Thurmond acknowledges frustration and promises to free up $187 million, much of it for urban parochial schools.
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.
Bay Area National historic designation for People’s Park won’t change dorm plan for the site By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | November 2, 2021 A state commission voted Friday to recommend the registration to the federal government.
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.
California Fighting for the education of Black students in California By Diana Lambert | EdSource | November 1, 2021 A Sacramento organization is suing the state, alleging officials knew about discriminatory disciplinary practices for years and did nothing.
education Report: Muslim students are bullied at more than twice the rate of national statistics By Jana Kadah | Bay City News Foundation | October 29, 2021 "Examining Islamophobia in California Schools" is based on findings from a statewide survey of Muslim students between the ages of 11 and 18 from mid-2018 until the end of 2020.
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.
gavin newsom California school vaccine mandate coming soon, but questions remain By Diana Lambert | EdSource | October 29, 2021 State lawmakers are considering legislation to strengthen the vaccine requirement.
Bay Area Popular ELA curriculum ‘Units of Study’ receives harsh review By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | October 26, 2021 EdReports criticized the curriculum for relying of “cueing” in K-2 materials for solving unknown words.