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Oct 14, 2024 | 
desertsun.com | Kari Adams
Kari AdamsSpecial to EdSourceImagine a school where the principal spends less time buried in paperwork and more time in classrooms, supporting teachers and fostering an inclusive learning environment for students with disabilities. Embracing artificial intelligence (AI) can make this vision a reality. AI holds the potential to revolutionize school leadership by alleviating the administrative burden on principals.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
edsource.org | John Fensterwald |MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert
News Brief Wednesday October 2, 2024 9:26 am Some students who signed up for an online cloud computing boot camp at prestigious Caltech university, of “Big Bang Theory” fame, were disappointed to learn the university had largely outsourced the program, the New York Times reported. “It was just a bunch of bogus,” said Raymond Sewer, one student who felt duped.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Michael Matsuda |John Fensterwald |MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams
News Brief Wednesday October 2, 2024 10:34 am West Contra Costa Unified School District’s (WCCUSD) associate superintendent of business services will serve as interim superintendent in December after Chris Hurst’s retirement. During a closed session school board meeting, the board appointed Kim Moses Tuesday evening, a day after Hurst announced he’s leaving the district to move closer to his mother-in-law who is facing health challenges.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
edsource.org | John Fensterwald |MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert
News Brief Wednesday October 2, 2024 9:26 am After tracking their children with AirTags and Life360, some “helicopter” parents have trouble adjusting to sending their kids off to college, the Wall Street Journal reported. A booming support network for highly-engaged parents of college kids, buoyed by parent-liaison offices at colleges, has emerged to calm their fears.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
edsource.org | MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert |Vani Sanganeria
News Brief Tuesday October 1, 2024 8:13 am Teachers in the Las Lomitas Elementary School District in Menlo Park have voted to strike if the district doesn’t increase salaries by 10% and improve health insurance by Oct. 17. Las Lomitas Elementary School District leaders are offering teachers a 5% increase in pay retroactive to the 2023-24 school year and $2,000 in additional healthcare benefits, according to the district website.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
edsource.org | MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert |Vani Sanganeria
News Brief Tuesday October 1, 2024 8:15 am California is the latest state to pass a Freedom to Read Act, making it more difficult to ban books in all public libraries. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation Sunday.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
edsource.org | MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert |Vani Sanganeria
News Brief Tuesday October 1, 2024 11:28 am A group of a few dozen Oakland students, educators, and community members gathered in front of city hall Monday evening to call on city council and school board members to remove lead from school drinking water. The rally comes about a month after lead-testing results were released by Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) officials.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
edsource.org | MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert |Vani Sanganeria
News Brief Tuesday October 1, 2024 10:28 am West Contra Costa Superintendent Chris Hurst is retiring at the end of the year after leading the district for more than three years. Hurst said it was a difficult decision but the right one for his family in a video announcement posted Monday. Hurst and his wife are planning to move closer to his mother-in-law who is facing health challenges to help care and support her.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Adam Eisenberg |MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert
News Brief Tuesday October 1, 2024 10:20 am Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday banning admission based on legacy and donor preferences at California’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities. Assembly Bill 1780, sponsored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) prohibits private, nonprofit institutions from considering these factors in the admissions process. These factors have long been banned from consideration at California’s public colleges and universities.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kari Adams
Credit: Allison Shelley for American EducationImagine a school where the principal spends less time buried in paperwork and more time in classrooms, supporting teachers and fostering an inclusive learning environment for students with disabilities. Embracing artificial intelligence (AI) can make this vision a reality. AI holds the potential to revolutionize school leadership by alleviating the administrative burden on principals.
