John Fensterwald
Editor-At-Large at EdSource
Reporter/Editor at Large @EdSource – comprehensive site exploring news, views, policies & data of California early ed, K-12, higher ed #CAStudentsMatter
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23 hours ago |
timesofsandiego.com | John Fensterwald
This article originally appeared on EdSource. School districts are looking to the May revision of the state budget to learn if Gov. Gavin Newsom will press ahead with a mandate to offer a high school ethnic studies course whose implementation is contingent on state funding. That will be unlikely. Brooks Allen, executive director of the State Board of Education and a Newsom adviser, confirmed Tuesday that, given current revenue forecasts, Newsom will not propose funding the mandate.
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2 days ago |
edsource.org | John Fensterwald
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource KEY TAKEAWAYSThe UC course criteria would promote the Liberated Ethnic Studies perspective. It would likely become the default ethnic studies course in K-12 districts. It would contradict the state’s own voluntary, open-ended model curriculum. School districts are looking to the May revision of the state budget to learn if Gov. Gavin Newsom will press ahead with a mandate to offer a high school ethnic studies course whose implementation is contingent on state funding.
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3 days ago |
kqed.org | John Fensterwald
Apr 20Failed to save articlePlease try againA stock image of an African-American teacher, sitting in front of her class of elementary school students, 6 and 7 years old, reading a book. She has asked a question and most of the children are raising their hands.
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6 days ago |
stocktonia.org | John Fensterwald
Californians’ confidence in their public schools and approval of how Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature are handling public education have fallen sharply since the Covid pandemic, according to an annual survey on K-12 education released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Half believe that the public school system is headed in the wrong direction.
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6 days ago |
record-bee.com | John Fensterwald
Last April, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pulled a bill on early literacy instruction and asked proponents and adversaries to reach a compromise on legislation for improving the reading skills of California students, which overall are dismal. That hasn’t happened.
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