Education

Credit: Noah Lyons/EdSource Students spend time at the turtle pond on the campus of San Diego State University. Credit: Noah Lyons/EdSource Students spend time at the turtle pond on the campus of San Diego State University. Noah Lyons September 21, 2023 According to a 2018 study published by Frontiers of Public Health, spending time outdoors …

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Hourann Bosci/Flickr The campus of the University of California Los Angeles. Hourann Bosci/Flickr The campus of the University of California Los Angeles. The University of California is joining a national initiative to offer free online courses to students at low-income high schools across the country beginning next year. The university system is joining the National …

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Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education The use of education technology in schools, such as artificial intelligence, digital surveillance and content filters, poses a threat to the civil rights of students with disabilities, LGBTQ students and students of color, a new report released Wednesday warns. Some technology used in …

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Courtesy: Aspire Public Schools A teacher and students at Aspire Inskeep Academy in Los Angeles. Courtesy: Aspire Public Schools A teacher and students at Aspire Inskeep Academy in Los Angeles. Mala Batra September 19, 2023 In times of crisis, we should be looking for ways to help, not hinder. But in California, the inequities in …

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Credit: Courtesy of Mark Ryan Cadet medics simulate taking a patient into a helicopter during an NVMI Summer Camp. Credit: Courtesy of Mark Ryan Cadet medics simulate taking a patient into a helicopter during an NVMI Summer Camp. The North Valley Military Institute — a grades six-12 charter school founded in 2013 — voluntarily surrendered …

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Credit: Julie Leopo/EdSource Credit: Julie Leopo/EdSource Todd Maddison September 18, 2023 After years of promoting “local control” in education, the latest news is full of stories on state intervention in decisions being made by local school boards. Gov. Gavin Newsom has threatened the Temecula Valley school district with fines for exercising its local control. He …

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Credit: AP Photo/Terry Chea The State Assembly chambers are shown in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday Sept. 15, 2023. California lawmakers finished their work for the year on Sept. 14. Credit: AP Photo/Terry Chea The State Assembly chambers are shown in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday Sept. 15, 2023. California lawmakers finished their work for the year …

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Credit: Julie Leopo/EdSource Credit: Julie Leopo/EdSource Back in May, the union representing over 4,000 educators in Fresno Unified gave the school district an ultimatum: Agree on a new contract, which expired the following month in June, or face a strike of thousands of teachers by October.   Since November 2022, the Fresno Teachers Association and Fresno …

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Credit: Courtesy of Allison Gamlen Allison Gamlen’s drama class forms a power circle Credit: Courtesy of Allison Gamlen Allison Gamlen’s drama class forms a power circle Allison Gamlen has always believed the show must go on. During the depths of the pandemic, when schools were shuttered and many children were suffering from fear and isolation, …

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Credit: Julie Leopo / EdSource Credit: Julie Leopo / EdSource Lisa Petrides and Michelle Pilati September 13, 2023 As California’s 1.8 million community college students begin the term, many are forced to make a difficult choice — whether to spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks required to help them earn a degree, or to pay …

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