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In This Week in California Education, EdSource editors and reporters discuss the most current issues in education across the state of California.... more
FAQs about This Week in California Education:How many episodes does This Week in California Education have?The podcast currently has 199 episodes available.
February 28, 2020Pros, cons and confusion over $15 billion construction bondThis week: Jeff Vincent, director of the Center for Cities and Schools at UC Berkeley, explains what Prop 13 would do and how the money would be distributed; and Chris Funk, superintendent of East Side Union High School District, lays out the case for teacher housing....more0minPlay
February 14, 2020Dual enrollment’s great promise; also, #MeToo movement in high schoolThis week: Leslie Hsu Freeman, manager of dual enrollment for Oakland Unified, describes Oakland's dual enrollment program and the value it brings for first-generation college students; and we discuss the weeklong protests at Berkeley High....more0minPlay
February 07, 2020A surprise recommendation to keep using test scores for UC admissionThis week: EdSource reporter Larry Gordon summarizes a new UC faculty task force report that recommends requiring the SAT or ACT for freshmen admissions; and Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, shares why the organization opposes the use of the tests....more0minPlay
January 31, 2020As Trump administration tightens rules on green cards, schools reach out to familiesWe discuss with researcher Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute the Trump Administration's new restrictions on who can seek green cards for permanent residency....more0minPlay
January 24, 2020CSU chancellor defends extra quantitative reasoning requirement; how SF State meets multiple challengesThis week: CSU Chancellor Timothy White explains where things stand with the plan to require an additional year of quantitative reasoning; and San Francisco State President Lynn Mahoney describes what the university is doing to increase the graduation rate....more0minPlay
January 17, 2020Gov. Newsom bets big on teacher residencies to help ease teacher shortageThis week: We interview a Bakersfield teacher about how a residency program benefited her; and four education leaders share their views of what they liked and would have liked to hear in Newsom's budget presentation....more0minPlay
January 10, 2020LA Unified schools chief reflects on his district one year after strikeThis week: We interview the LAUSD superintendent about the turbulent teachers' strike that shook the district and drew national attention one year ago....more0minPlay
January 03, 2020Predictions, with a second opinion, on what will be big in 2020John Fensterwald debates predictions for big events in California education in 2020 with Ryan Smith of the Partnership for LA Schools....more0minPlay
December 20, 2019Care packages to first-gen college students; two views of a critical state auditThis week: We help deliver care packages to stressed-out CSU East Bay freshmen and get two views on a state audit critical of district spending on high-need students....more0minPlay
December 13, 2019How are students — and schools — doing in California?This week: LA County Superintendent Debra Duardo cites low performing student groups' progress, while USC Professor Morgan Polikoff faults the dashboard design....more0minPlay
FAQs about This Week in California Education:How many episodes does This Week in California Education have?The podcast currently has 199 episodes available.