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Closing schools: How much money does it save, and is it worth it?
Protesters rally against school closures outside the Oakland Unified School District office in September 2019. Andrew Reed/EdSource It makes intuitive […]
March 4, 2024
The annual graduation rate post
I know I’ve been barking up the tree of “Graduation Rates are inputs, not outputs” for a long time. And […]
March 2, 2024
Turning around a high-needs Los Angeles school with the arts
Kindergartners paint a mural at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in LAUSD. Credit: Courtesy of Nightflare Marcos Hernandez lived in a […]
March 1, 2024
LAUSD’s 100 priority schools target district’s highest-need students
LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho interacting with a student. Credit: LAUSD This story has been updated to remove demographic data, which […]
February 29, 2024
Interactive Map: LAUSD’s 100 Priority Schools
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February 29, 2024
California Legislature asked again to ban legacy admissions in all of higher education
Assemblymember Phil Ting introduced a bill Wednesday to ban legacy admissions in California’s private colleges and universities. A California assemblymember […]
February 29, 2024
Increasing access can raise number of California students eligible for 4-year colleges, panel says
California high schools can increase the number of students completing college prep courses if they raise awareness and support student […]
February 28, 2024
Teachers alone can’t address the literacy crisis
Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource Improving literacy instruction is once again in fashion among America’s policy circles. Between 2019 and 2022, state […]
February 28, 2024
What California college students think about online classes
“I don’t really like asynchronous or online classes. Yes, it’s convenient for me, but it’s not convenient for my learning,” […]
February 27, 2024