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California teachers are using AI to grade papers--but who’s grading the AI? Khari Johnson reports on how schools are supporting teachers in using AI CalMatters.org

California teachers are using AI to grade papers. Who’s grading the AI? AI is increasingly a part of some students’ education as California teachers use tools to grade papers and give students feedback.

Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground. reports on how far we have to go for students to recover

Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground America’s schools have started to make progress toward getting students back on track, but improvement has been slow and uneven across geography and economic status.

English Learner test scores have been stuck for two decades. What will it take to change? Nadia Tamez-Robledo reports on the stagnant performance EdSurge

English Learner Scores Have Been Stuck for Two Decades. What Will It Take to Change? - EdSurge News Federal data shows that English learners have struggled to reach even basic mastery of reading and math for more than 20 years. Why hasn’t anything changed?

Due to Proposition 28, California spent nearly $1 billion to boost arts education. But some arts organizations think that schools are misspending the new funds, reports Carolyn Jones in CalMatters.org

California spent nearly $1 billion to boost arts education. Are schools misspending it? Arts education got nearly $1 billion through a California initiative but some say schools spent it in other ways.

California’s transitional kindergarten program is supposed to have a 12:1 adult: child ratio--but those ratios made for staffing shortages, undermining the new program’s rollout, according to a new EdSource podcast

PODCAST: Staffing shortages undermine transitional kindergarten rollout When districts don't meet staff ratios or go over class size for TK, some teachers say it's a safety issue.

“How does a school district go broke with $1.1b in revenues? When it spends $1.3b,” writes Chad Aldeman about San Francisco’s fiscal issues The 74

How Does a School District Go Broke With $1.1B in Revenues? When It Spends $1.3B Aldeman: With a state takeover of its budget and declining student enrollment, San Francisco is the canary in the fiscal cliff coal mine

Are poor schools underfunded? Emma Camp Thomas B. Fordham Institute writes that it's more complex than you'd think.

Are poor schools underfunded? It's more complex than you'd think. One of the most persistent myths in K–12 education is the idea that high-poverty schools are near-universally, significantly underfunded. However, the truth is much more complicated. As it turns out, poor districts get more money in almost every state—and school spending has an incredibly weak r...

Student homelessness might even be worse than the data shows, said Superintendent Carvalho in LA School Report. Read about how Superintendent Carvalho is seeking to partner with city agencies and community organizations to help unhoused students from Ben Chapman

‘Tip of the iceberg’: Student homelessness in LAUSD worse than data show, warns Carvalho | LA School Report LA Unified senior Kamryn Williams is studying for finals this week — in the Chrysler sedan where she lives with her mother and their dog.  Kamryn, 18, who graduates next month from Hamilton High School in Culver City and will attend college in the fall, is one of about 15,000 homeless students en...

At least 15,000 Los Angeles Unified School District students are unhoused, a 25% increase in the last year. Read about the high school celebration for those unhoused students graduating from Howard Blume Los Angeles Times

From unhoused to high school grad: L.A. ceremony honors students who overcame the odds These students experienced homelessness — living in shelters, with relatives and in overcrowded spaces — but they persevered to reach graduation day.

.Los Angeles Unified School District announced last week that the district would change its approach to assessing transitional kindergarteners. Jenny Gold reports on the decision to make a district-wide reading test optional Los Angeles Times

LAUSD caves to public outcry: No more timed testing for 4-year-olds LAUSD has made transitional kindergarten testing optional after months of complaints from teachers and parents, who say it’s inappropriate for preschool-age kids.

The budget deal brokered by Gavin Newsom relies on IOUs, writes John Fensterwald EdSource to ensure districts and community colleges receive what they are legally guaranteed

Gov. Newsom, school groups settle funding fight, with some more money coming as IOUs California Teachers Association cuts a deal to raise funding to what’s legally required, but that will lead to short-term deferrals and a suspension of Proposition 98.

“The ‘rainy day’ is here for California schools. It could be much worse if it wasn’t for Jerry Brown,” writes Louis Freedberg CalMatters.org about the latest budget deal

The 'rainy day' is here for California schools. It could be much worse if it wasn't for Jerry Brown Jerry Brown's commitment to increasing state budget reserves has helped schools avoid even deeper cuts as California faces a major deficit.

.Gavin Newsom has reached a deal with the California Teachers Association on future school funding. Blake Jones writes how the Governor will close the budget deficit without cutting school spending POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/gavin-newsom-teachers-union-budget-deal-00160080

“Schools that never needed AC are now overheating, and the fixes will cost billions.” Read about how schools across the country are adapting to hotter temperatures from Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/school-temperatures-heat-climate-change/

In EdSource Professor Claude Goldenberg Stanford Graduate School of Education adds to the debate over the science of reading in California: “To improve how California students read, we must get past confusion and misinformation.”

COMMENTARY: To improve how California students read, we must get past confusion and misinformation How can we ever make progress when we’re locked in an eternal game of whack-a-false-mole?

The budget outlook for Los Angeles Unified School District has improved, but several financial challenges remain, including low enrollment and the end of federal pandemic relief, writes Mariana Dale LAist

LAUSD Budget Outlook Improves, But Financial Challenges Remain California’s deficit has increased, but K-12 schools are largely spared cuts in the governor's May revision.

Seventy years after Brown v. Board, school funding policies segregate students by wealth. In USA TODAY Alia Wong writes about “enrichment only for the rich” and how school segregation continues to divide students

Enrichment only for the rich? How school segregation continues to divide students by income Seventy years after Brown v. Board, school funding policies continue to segregate students by wealth. It doesn't have to be that way.

These California schools connect kids to community services--will they survive budget cuts in the state capitol? Carolyn Jones reports on the budget battle for community schools CalMatters.org

These California schools connect kids to community services. Will they survive budget cuts? California's community schools got billions in funding. Advocates fear that money may be cut as the state faces a budget deficit.

California public school enrollment has yet again dropped this school year, even as we grow farther away from remote learning at the height of the pandemic. Jenny Gold reports on why “students still haven’t returned.” Los Angeles Times

California public school enrollment drops again, but transitional kindergarten is up As California public school enrollment declines again, state officials look to transitional kindergarten growth as a promising development.

“The share of Latino students attending intensely segregated schools has skyrocketed over the last three decades, reports Russell Contreras Axios Read about how Latino students are the most segregated they've been since 1968

Latino students are the most segregated they've been since 1968 Intensely segregated schools, where the student body is more than 90% nonwhite, have fewer resources and opportunities.

Teachers across the state criticized California Gov. Newsom’s new budget proposal, saying that it would ‘wreak havoc on funding for our schools,’ writes Adam Beam in the

Teachers criticize Newsom's budget proposal, say it would 'wreak havoc on funding for our schools' California's largest teachers union is turning up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California Teachers Association on Friday said it will work to block one of Newsom's proposals for balancing the budget.

Douglas Harris for REACH reports that across the country, most school closures predominantly serve students of color. Read this analysis of the annual closure and restructuring rates of all schools, including what factors predict closure.

Extreme Measures: A National Descriptive Analysis of Closure and Restructuring of Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools | REACH The mission of REACH is to provide objective, rigorous, and applicable research that informs and improves school choice policy design and implementation to increase opportunities and outcomes for disadvantaged students.

In a The Wall Street Journal piece on declining enrollment nationwide, Sara Randazzo and Matt Barnum profile Los Angeles Unified School District Hilda Solis Learning Academy, which has only 140 students despite having the capacity to serve 600. Superintendent Carvalho discusses how the district is contemplating school consolidations since it cannot sustain “beautiful, state-of-the-art schools that are all under-enrolled.”

America Has Too Many Schools Urban school districts grapple with under-resourced schools, emotional closures in the face of plummeting enrollment

.Los Angeles Times Howard Blume reports on the reversal of school police assigned to select Los Angeles Unified School District campuses experiencing higher incidents of crime

LAUSD police deployment to 20 schools collapses after one day amid opposition, confusion L.A. school board members say they did not know in advance of a police deployment to 20 troubled campuses -- and some are unhappy about it.

School funding policies continue to segregate students by wealth. Alia Wong reports on new research showing inequities in school funding USA TODAY

Enrichment only for the rich? How school segregation continues to divide students by income Seventy years after Brown v. Board, school funding policies continue to segregate students by wealth. It doesn't have to be that way.

“Charter schools are learning communities and sources of community rebirth”, writes Bruno V. Manno Walton Family Foundation Forbes

Charter Schools Are Learning Communities And Sources Of Community Rebirth Test scores and graduation rates are only part of the charter school picture.

Across the country, schools are bracing for widespread teacher layoffs. Katie Lobosco CNN explains why

Schools are bracing for widespread teacher layoffs. Here’s why | CNN Politics Schools across the country are announcing teacher and staff layoffs as districts brace for the end of a pandemic aid package that delivered the largest one-time federal investment in K-12 education.

California’s trouble attracting and retaining teachers of color mirrors national woes. Vanessa Arredondo investigates continuing shortages across the country Reckon
https://www.reckon.news/news/2024/05/californias-trouble-attracting-and-retaining-teachers-of-color-mirrors-national-woes.html

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