Education

A student in Oakland’s Skyline High School’s Education and Community Health Pathway sculpts a clay model of the endocrine system. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education In June 2022, the California Legislature decided to invest a half billion dollars into the Golden State Pathways Program, a career and college preparation program that Gov. Gavin Newsom […]

Stockton Unified Superintendent Michelle Rodriguez talks about how she arrived at her goals and plans for improving student achievement. Credit: Lasherica Thornton/ EdSource Stockton Unified, a mostly poverty-stricken community in San Joaquin County, has become known for its legal troubles, financial issues and superintendent turnover, which have, for years, distracted the low-performing school district from

Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource National surveys have determined that parents significantly understate how far behind children are academically because of pandemic learning setbacks. The A’s and B’s  that their kids have been getting on their report cards don’t tell the full story, concluded a survey of 2,000 parents . “To hear parents tell it,

For 30 years, California has experimented with a school choice program that let parents enroll their children in nearby districts that opened up seats for outsiders. Now the little-known District of Choice program, which the Legislature has renewed seven times, will become permanent through the passage of Senate Bill 897, authored by Sen. Josh Newman,

Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource A silent crisis is unfolding in our schools and impacting millions of California students: chronic absenteeism. The consequences of unchecked absenteeism are severe and far-reaching. It starts innocuously with a few missed days, but can quickly spiral, decimating a child’s future prospects. When dropout rates increase and college readiness declines, the ripple effects harm entire

Credit: Zaidee Stavely/EdSource Singing the ABC song. Learning the days of the week from a nursery rhyme. Making a finger-painted collage of little handprints.  Arts education has always been center stage in early education because little children are naturally creative, filled with wonder and the burning desire to express themselves. Arts and crafts not only

Credit: Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency/EDUimages The start of the school year can be anxiety-producing. We get the anxiety. Believe us, we do. Between the three of us, we parent a kindergartner, a ninth grader and a freshman in college. We know how scary it is to feel like your child is falling behind in a

Children complete a grammar worksheet in Spanish at a dual-language immersion program in a Glendale elementary school. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/EdSource California published a guide for how districts should serve English learners seven years ago. It’s called the English Learner Roadmap Policy, and it’s largely seen as groundbreaking. But many districts still haven’t used that road

San José State University Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource Going to college has always been my goal. From a very young age, there was no question in my mind that I would end up attending a four-year university. Throughout my years of schooling, high school specifically, I made sure to work hard. I turned in

Santa Ana Unified board President Carolyn Torres, right, and board member Rigo Rodriguez speak at the board meeting on August 27, 2024. Both sit on the district’s Select Committee on Ethnic Studies. Credit: YouTube / Santa Ana Unified Santa Ana Unified staff members on a steering committee led by two school board members expressed antisemitic