What’s News in Education

• ‘Summer learning loss’ is a longstanding belief in education. But is it real?; Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, July 16
• The FCC Just Made It Tougher for Schools to Address the
• ‘Homework Gap’, Ed-Tech Leaders Say, Alyson Klein, Ed Week, July 14, 2019
• Does California need a math tutor? Report finds students aren’t so great with numbers;Hannah Wiley,  Sacramento Bee,  July 11, 2019
• 10 California districts struggle, and find some success, as they shift to Common Core math;  John Fensterwald, EdSource, July 11, 2019
• Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong; Natalie Wexler, The Atlantic, August 2019 Issue
• Teaching Vocabulary Takes More Than Just Talking About Words During Read-Aloud;  Brittany Oakley, EdWeek Teacher, July 10, 2019
• Bay Area school redesigns its program to help students graduate; Theresa Harrington, EdSource, July 9, 2019
• New Ideas for a New Era of Public Education: 8 Ways We Can Change How Schools Are Organized, Funded, Measured and Led to Prepare Grads for the Age of Automation; Steve Snyder.The 74. July 8, 2019
• Preschoolers who practice phonics show stronger math skills, study finds; Sarah Schwartz, EdWeek, July  3, 2019
• OPINION: ‘What teachers and schools need is for the whole community to see education as its job’; by Amanda Sappa, Hechinger Report, July  2, 2019
• Charter school movement in a “battle for survival,” charter school leader says; Louis Freedberg, EdSource, July  2, 2019
• How school districts can use limited resources strategically to enhance student success; Joe McKown and Christina Baumgardner, EdSource, July  2, 2019
• California vaccination rate drops as doctors grant more exemptions. Is there a link?;  Soumya Karlamangla and Melody Gutierrez, LA Times, July 1, 2019
• Budget realities challenging California school districts’ restorative justice programs; David Washburn, EdSource, July  1, 2019
• Achievement gap closed, one chancellor asks, “Why aren’t we all doing this?”; Mikhail Zinshteyn, Hechinger Report, June 27, 2019
• How Arts Teachers Are Strengthening Students’ Social-Emotional Muscles; Catherine Gewertz, EdWeek, June 26, 2019
• Why We Shouldn’t Teach Literature With Excerpts; Ariel Sacks, EdWeek Teacher, June 26, 2019
• How 3 States Are Digging In on Civics Education; Stephen Sawchuk, EdWeek, June 26, 2019
• How to Help Introverted Students Express Themselves in Class; Alyson Klein, EdWeek, June 26, 2019
• California finally to move ahead with ‘cradle to career’ data system; John Fensterwald and Louis Freedberg, EdSource, June 25, 2019
• Grades Versus Comments: What Does the Research Really Tell Us?; Peter DeWitt, EdWeek, June 23, 2019
• Schools are rethinking classroom design to encourage collaboration, creativity;  Brenda Iasevoli, Hechinger Report, June 22, 2019
• Why Standardized Tests Aren’t Working for Teachers or Students; Margaret Pastor, EdWeek, June 19, 2019
• Why We Should Teach Legal-Reasoning Skills to Students; Michael J. Broyde & Ira Bedzow, EdWeek, June 17, 2019