Education

Guadalupe Enllana, 43, was sworn in as the new West Contra Costa Unified board member in District 2. Andrew Whitmore/Richmondside In a ritual similar to ones happening in school districts across California, two new board members in the West Contra Costa Unified School District along with a reelected incumbent were sworn in at the board’s […]

Daisy Gonzales, the executive director of the California Student Aid Commission, speaking at Hancock College 2019. Credit: California Community Colleges When Dr. Daisy Gonzales took over as executive director of the California Student Aid Commission in June, she stepped into the position at a tumultuous time on the financial aid front, marked by state budget

Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource Nothing about being a home-hospital teacher is normal.  A Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) educator drives nearly 22 miles from one student’s home in Venice Beach to another’s in East Los Angeles — and another 20 miles to Maravista, schlepping tote bags with school supplies, books, plants and paintbrushes.  Each bag is

Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource Any parent or teacher who has worked with a seriously ill child knows how difficult it is to meet the child’s educational, physical and emotional needs all at once.  Melanie Brady, a lecturer at USC’s Rossier School of Education, suggests that parents and teachers can improve the lives and schooling of sick

Students at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School in the Burbank Unified School District practice their reading skills. Credit: Jordan Strauss/AP Images A panel of reading experts has designated the testing instruments that school districts can use to identify reading difficulties that kindergartners through second graders may have, starting next fall. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement Tuesday of

Alice Keeney was in the Navy from 2003 through 2012, where she learned how to safely operate the nuclear propulsion plants that power submarines and aircraft carriers. When she enlisted in the Navy in 2003, Alice Keeney attended naval nuclear power school.  There, she learned how to safely operate the nuclear propulsion plants that powered

Children learn conflict resolution and social-emotional learning through theater. credit: NorCal Arts Michele Hillen-Noufer describes herself at 13 as “the shyest kid in the world.” She always loved ballet but hated public speaking until her father persuaded her to try out for “Godspell.” She wanted to dance in the show, not sing. She was so

Seventh-graders work together on homework in their school library. Credit: Allison Shelley / EDUimages Mental health has been at the center of former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy’s personal journey to recovery from addiction as well as his public career as a policymaker, author and advocate.  In 2008, while representing Rhode Island in the U.S.

STEM students in California community colleges will be able to enroll in calculus prerequisites like trigonometry if they didn’t take those classes in high school. Credit: James McQuillan/istock California math educators this fall have been locked in a vigorous debate: Will the implementation of a new law help more community college STEM students by skipping prerequisites

A high school student listens to a presentation by her classmate. Credit: Allison Shelley / American Education Three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation mandating that high schools offer ethnic studies “upon appropriation,” starting in 2025-26. Now, those two words — upon appropriation — loom large. The deadline to offer a semester of ethnic