Education Beat

Parents and teachers often stop reading aloud to children as they get older and can read on their own. But reading aloud actually helps students with fluency and vocabulary and boosts their own reading skills. Hear from a teacher who reads aloud to her fifth graders and from our reporter who wrote about the power of reading aloud.

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Read more from EdSource: The magic of story time: Why is reading aloud to kids so important?

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

Marie’Sa Rumsey, member of the EdSource California Student Journalism Corps, contributed to this episode.

As EdSource reporter Diana Lambert followed the Class of 2022, she found many of them had started their own businesses, selling everything from beauty products to photography sessions. It turns out it’s a trend among recent high school and college graduates. What’s fueling this new surge in student entrepreneurship?

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Read more from EdSource: Covid inspired students to grow their own businesses

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

EdSource reporter and Education Beat host Zaidee Stavely visits a school that’s had an uncommonly high degree of success with teaching English learners to read: Frank Sparkes Elementary, in Winton, about 10 miles from Merced, in California’s Central Valley.

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Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

What’s the best way to teach media literacy? How does a society build and maintain a free press that can earn and keep the people’s trust?

EdSource reporter, Carolyn Jones, recently visited Albania on a mission to help develop the country’s K-12 media literacy guidelines. Her experience there highlighted challenges both in that country and back here at home.

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Read more: We’re not doing enough to teach media literacy

This episode of Education Beat is hosted by EdSource’s Ashley A, Smith and produced by Coby McDonald.

When a young person leaves juvenile detention, studies have shown that how they do in school can influence whether or not they end up back in detention. 

But succeeding in school after detention isn’t easy.

In Oakland, Hattie Tate has found some innovative ways to give these students the best possible shot following release from detention.

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Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

Almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent, and about a fifth of immigrants in California are undocumented. The immigration struggles of parents have real impacts on children, including on their education. 

In this episode, we bring you the story of a Central Valley dad who was finally able to return to the U.S. last month, after almost four years separated from his family by a Trump-era immigration policy. His return allows his children to work toward college degrees.

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Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

Jennifer Molina contributed to the reporting for this episode.

Some community colleges in California are starting to offer their own bachelor’s degrees. One newly approved program is in ecosystem restoration and applied fire management at Feather River College, in Plumas County in northeast California. Can this program help more students get bachelor’s degrees and at the same time help restore a region devastated by wildfires?

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Read more from EdSource: Students at rural community college can earn a bachelor’s and help prevent wildfires

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

Do you remember your work-study job in college? Many students work in jobs such as serving food in the dining hall or shelving books in the library. But those jobs don’t often have much to do with what they’re studying or are interested in doing later in life.

A new program seeks to give students both an income and a leg up in their careers. How can this benefit both students and employers?

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Read more from EdSource: California reconsiders the potential of college work-study jobs

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

In an effort to end the teacher shortage, California has invested hundreds of millions in recent years to fund teacher residency programs, in which residents work alongside veteran teacher mentors while they finish their credentials.

Proponents say the programs improve the quality of teaching. But many student teachers are unwilling to sign up because the stipends are small, or nonexistent. Listen to one teacher resident’s experience, and why she’s not sure it was the best decision.

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Read more from EdSource: California sinks millions into teacher residency programs, but many can’t afford to enroll

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.

Have you ever thought about launching into space? One West Contra Costa Unified science teacher has done more than think about it. He’s preparing to become an astronaut.

How does a budding astronaut engage his middle school students and involve them in his journey? And how does that help them get interested in science?

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Read more from EdSource: West Contra Costa Unified teacher trains to be an astronaut while teaching students about space

Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.