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Dec 11, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Mallika Seshadri |Amy DiPierro |Calista Stocker |Kati Begen
News Brief Wednesday December 11, 2024 8:46 am The death rate for Californians, as well as Americans in general, between the ages of 15 and 44 is far higher now than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Striking demographic disparities exist as this unsettling trend seems to be most pronounced among men, Native Americans, and blacks, as well as those who live in rural northern counties and those in the lowest-income zip codes.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Mallika Seshadri |Amy DiPierro |Calista Stocker |Kati Begen
News Brief Wednesday December 11, 2024 8:46 am Nearly 75% of Fresno County students are eligible for free money for college but haven’t claimed it, KCRA reported. There’s roughly $84 million up for grabs for Fresno County students to use for college. Advocates say parents can apply online for CalKIDS, a state initiative to help children from low-income families save money for college.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Calista Stocker |Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee
News Brief Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:24 am Cal Poly Luis Obispo will lead the development of a new urban forestry strategic plan for California. The initiative, in partnership with Cal Fire, was created by state legislation in an effort to address climate change, enhance equity in green space access and foster healthier communities, according to a media release from the university. The plan is expected to boost canopy cover by 10% over the next 10 years.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Calista Stocker |Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee
News Brief Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:25 am Bettye Lusk, a Monterey Peninsula Unified trustee, began her one-year term as president of the California School Boards Association during its annual conference last week. She succeeds Albert Gonzalez, who served in 2024. “It’s a tremendous honor to be selected as CSBA president by my peers across the state,” Lusk said in a prepared statement.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee |Karen D'Souza |John Fensterwald
News Brief Monday December 9, 2024 9:51 am The San Diego Unified School District is considering building 1,000 units of income-restricted housing — which could house up to 10% of its employees in the next 10 years, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. “The time has come for us to set some bold but achievable long-term goals together,” Lee Dulgeroff, San Diego Unified’s facilities executive director, said at a board workshop last week, according to the Tribune.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kati Begen |Kelcie Lee |Karen D'Souza |John Fensterwald
News Brief Monday December 9, 2024 9:20 am As the inauguration of President Donald Trump nears, many international students are rethinking their holiday travel plans — and their post-graduation opportunities, the Los Angeles Times reported. USC, where roughly a quarter of its student body is international, has already advised students to skip or limit any travel outside of the United States after the semester ends. “A new presidential administration will take office on Jan.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
edutopia.org | Kati Begen
Teens are at a unique age where they are maturing into members of the community. To honor that development, I aim to include their voice in my instructional choices. Each quarter, I like to solicit student feedback by having a short conversation with my students about what did and did not work with the content. Did they like the lab component? What about lecture style? How did they connect with the article about kangaroos?
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Kati Begen
Courtesy: Kati BegenAre you a new teacher? If you can, teach summer school! No, your district did not pay me to say this; there is a method to my madness. Summer school gets a bad rap. Its portrayal in movies doesn’t help either. It’s not just a sweaty classroom full of students who are defiant and rude. In my experience, these are students who just need to fix the mistakes they made in the school year. Summer school should be seen as an opportunity for students and teachers.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
edutopia.org | Kati Begen
I have worked at three school sites, and each was different. I didn’t know how to access the printer codes, where to get budget order forms, the school phone policies, and even weekend clearance. Most days, it seemed like a scavenger hunt that I didn’t want to be on and, for some reason, one that wouldn’t end. This feeling of not knowing resulted in my feeling like an outsider and, frankly, dumb.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
edsource.org | Kati Begen
Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. My first year of teaching was the worst year of my life. I remember preparing for the new school year, prepping my classroom and making lesson plans. If you know the Central Valley of California, you know the summer heat and heavy lifting in a classroom are not the most desirable combination.
