California’s ambitious education reforms paying off in higher graduation rates and math scores, study finds

Ed Source - Louis Freedberg "California’s sweeping education reforms championed [...]

February 9th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Graduation, Graduation Rate, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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California’s largest districts address chronic absenteeism with focus on why students miss school

Ed Source - Nico Savidge "California collected and released data [...]

February 8th, 2018|Categories: Absenteeism, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Federal, state visions for improving schools collide in California

Ed Source - John Fensterwald "During a presentation earlier this [...]

February 2nd, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, ESSA, Federal, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington, D.C.|Tags: Education, School|

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System of positive rewards to reduce student discipline takes off in California

Ed Source - Lee Romney "Ten-year-old Ja’Vonie Morris sat in [...]

February 1st, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Discipline, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Student social, emotional and academic development becoming more intertwined in K-12 classrooms

Ed Source - Lee Romney "Researchers, educators, parents, teachers and [...]

January 26th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Empathy, K-12, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School culture, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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New science standards a boon for the littlest learners

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "The new science standards, called [...]

January 22nd, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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The kids in LAUSD who most need dual language instruction aren’t enrolling yet

KPCC - Kyle Stokes "Los Angeles Unified school officials often [...]

January 21st, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Los Angeles, News, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Can 600-plus California districts narrow the achievement gap?

Ed Source - John Fensterwald and Daniel J. Willis "As [...]

January 13th, 2018|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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A focus on writing in every class is key to success in this rural California district

Ed Source - Theresa Harrington "The writing program helped spur [...]

January 5th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.), Writing|Tags: Education, School|

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California Sued for Literacy Failure

Language Magazine - Staff Writer "Yesterday, a group of students, [...]

December 31st, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Literacy, News, Parenting, Parents, School, School Accountability, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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