News for Leaders

DeVos, Democrats Wage War Over Budget Cuts, Students’ Rights Under Vouchers, EdWeek, May 24, 2017
School Bullying Is Down. Why Don’t Students Believe It?‘ Anya Kamenetz, npr, May 11, 2017
Teachers’ concerns lead to changes in state’s testing contract; Theresa Harrington, Ed Source, May 10, 2017
Teacher Seniority Is Still Needed; Walt Gardner; EdWeek, May 10, 2017
Four Education Priorities Democrats and Republicans Can Agree On; David Jacobson, EdWeek, May 9, 2017
Californians must support all students; Eric C. Heins, Ed Source, May 9, 2017
ESSA, school choice firing up state legislatures; Daarel Burnette II, EdWeek, May 9, 2017
Betsy DeVos: Federal Progress on School Choice Coming Soon; Alyson Klein, EdWeek, May 9, 2017
Some smaller districts enroll younger 4-year-olds in early kindergarten; Ashley Hopkinson, Ed Source, May 9, 2017
Student Absenteeism: Three New Studies to Know (Inside School Research); Sarah D. Sparks, EdWeek, May 8, 2017
Educators value after-school program Trump wants to nix; Kantele Franko, Associated Press, May 8, 2017
Here’s how LAUSD plans to respond if ICE comes for its students or families; Antonie Boessenkool, LA Daily News, May 8, 2017
Reaching 90% grad rate unlikely without an acute focus on low-income, minority kids, report finds; Mark Keierleber, LA School Report, May 8, 2017
Most teachers in California say they need more training in alternatives to suspensions, survey finds; Jane Meredith Adams, Ed Source, May 7, 2017
Why the 10th birthday is so critical for predicting immigrant students’ success; Mark Keierleber, LA School Report, May 7, 2017
State board inscribes ‘California Way’ on state plan for new federal law; John Fensterwald, Ed Source, May 4, 2017
6 Qualities Every Teacher Leader Should Have; Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers, EdWeek, May 4, 2017
Reaching 90% Grad Rate Unlikely Without an Acute Focus on Low-Income, Minority Kids, Report Finds; Mark Keierleber, T74, May 3, 2017
Teachers at Calif. Charter Schools Chaired by Michelle Rhee Are Working to Unionize; Madeline Will, EdWeekTeacher, May 3, 2017
California’s subsidized after-school programs struggling to survive;Susan Frey, Ed Source, May 2, 2017
Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers; Sarah D. Sparks, EdWeek, May 2, 2017
Teachers union opens a front on former Sacramento mayor’s charter schools; Anna M. Phillips, LA Times, May 2, 2017
How Would Changes to ESSA’s Block Grant Work?; Alyson Klein, EdWeek, May 2, 2017

What’s happening in Instruction?

LA Unified dual-language classes for early learners tap into their elastic brains; Bonnie Petrie, KPCC, May 9, 2017
California school incorporates cooking into learning; Kevin Kelly, The Mercury News, May 6, 2017
Teachers Weave Social-Emotional Learning Into Academics; Evie Blad, EdWeek, May 5, 2017
Let’s Focus on Quality of Instruction Rather Than Quantity; Michael McNeff, EdWeekTeacher, May 4, 2017
Emerging Research on K-12 Computer Science Education: 6 Trends to Watch; Benjamin Herold, EdWeek, May 2, 2017
Five Ways to Bring Creativity Back to the Middle Grades; Kimberly Long, Ed Week Teacher, April 26, 2017
Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. Students In Visual Arts, Music; La Johnson, nprED, April 25, 2017
How Do We Teach ELLs to Write Academic Essays? Larry Ferlazzo, EdWeek, April 18, 2017
10 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom; Matthew Lynch, EdWeek, April 19, 2017
First Wave of ESSA Plans Gives Early Look at State Priorities; Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa, EdWeek, April 18, 2017
Innovative Latin American School Design Coming to California; Tom Luschei and Sarah Smith Orr, EdWeek, April 17, 2017
What Works for English-Language Learners; Leah Binkovitz, EdWeek, April 17, 2017
New science standards raise hopes for narrowing achievement gap; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, April 13, 2017
Music Education in K-12 Promotes Lifelong Engagement With the Arts, Study Says; Jackie Zubrzycki, EdWeek, April 11, 2017
Guidelines designed to help districts implement new science standards; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, March 29, 2017
Some schools trading the blacktop for greentop as an innovative way to teach science; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, March 26, 2017
The Website That Tells Kids To Go Out And Play; Doug Bierend, Bright Reads, March 21, 2017
Baltimore’s ‘Happy Teacher Revolution’: Educators Band Together to Help Each Other Thrive in the Classroom; Kate Stringer, The 74, March 20, 2017
Outdoor classrooms bring new lessons; Patti Zarling, USA Today, March 19, 2017
9 things science tells us about how kids learn to read and think critically; The74, March 9, 2017
Tips for Capitalizing on Lost Instructional Time ; Starr Sackstein, EdWeek, March 9, 2017
What Are the Formative Five Success Skills Every Student Needs?; Peter DeWitt, EdWeek, March 9, 2017
STEM for Our Students and Our Economy; Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers, EdWeek, February 21, 2017
New Ways to Have Old Conversations: Teaching Black History; William Anderson, EdWeek, February 21, 2017
Teachers eye potential of virtual reality to enhance science instruction; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, February 20, 2017