NYTimes obit on Peter Schrag, prolific author, Sac Bee editorial editor, EdSource board member, mentor & friend. I moved to CA in '98; just out Paradise Lost schooled me on the paradox of CA -- along with kitchen-table talks I wish I'd recorded. I miss his strong, insightful voice shorturl.at/wOk3I

You can still sign up for today's 4 pm roundtable, "Teachers on strike: Can school districts afford what California teachers want?" 4 pm. Host Diana Lambert w/ CTA President David Goldberg, Michael Fine, CEO of FCMAT and others. Should be good, register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Come join us: Cutting through the noise – a look at issues of 2026 w/ a panel worth listening to; Thurs 1/29 at 1 pm; I'll be moderating for @edsource.org Register now us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Meet Miliani Rodriguez in this week's EdSource podcast. The high school senior from Coachella Unified and named plaintiff in Miliani R v. State of California, one day will be like Serrano and Williams, synonymous with lawsuits that changed education in California edsource.org/podcast/hot-...

EdSource readers, we'd like your thoughts about our latest survey. We take the results seriously. lnkd.in/g36UbcKb And non-readers, check us out & then share your thoughts. It's critical amid the Trump administration's retreat from public education to follow what's happening in California schools.

What's in (big money for early literacy) and what's not (nothing for ethnic studies) in @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's May revision? A readable summary of TK to UC by my colleagues #CAbudget #CAed edsource.org?page_id=732747

Legislative deal on reading instruction reached in nick of time; hearing on AB 1458 today in Assembly Ed @edsource #ScienceOfReading #caedu #caleg; my latest edsource.org/2025/legisla...

UC faculty to vote tomorrow on recommending its own high school #ethnicstudies mandate – at odds w/state's and unfunded; my latest via @edsource edsource.org?page_id=730893

Long-awaited CA's Cradle-to-Career data system #C2C up and running w/valuable info for parents, rich data for researchers TK; by @dianalambert.bsky.social edsource.org?page_id=730777 via @edsource.org

No compromise on literacy bill as hearing deadline looms & debate shifts to a familiar, misguided debate over phonics; my latest edsource.org?page_id=730431

Ice cream socials, fights and vomit: Why Cal State resident assistants want to unionize edsource.org?page_id=730063

When districts face the tough job of closing schools, Manny Barbara is the go-to guy; my latest edsource.org?page_id=729705

Pandemic-era push to ‘build solutions’ must continue, panel says: ICYMI our roundtable ... a good list of resources on who's innovating, too edsource.org?page_id=729230

At community colleges, more than 40% of classes remain online classes -- double the pre-pandemic rate; by Michael Burke edsource.org?page_id=728458

School innovation: It HAS happened post-Covid in CA; four cases producing results; check out our 1-hr roundtable. Thursday, Nov. 27 at noon; more details, register now edsource.org/broadcasts/f...

#UC stays ahead of Trump, to no longer require #diversity statements from faculty applicants; critics charge cowardice; by Michael Burke edsource.org/2025/univers...

Covid’s long shadow in California: Chronic absences, student depression and the limits of money. Where we stand 5 years later. May latest   edsource.org?page_id=728640

How to describe middling and poor test scores? CA State Board frets over the right words; my latest edsource.org?page_id=727943

CA's digital #CareerPassport, documenting career experiences as well as degrees, could transform searching for jobs; by @emmagallegos.bsky.social edsource.org?page_id=727807

ICYMI – Highlights from Linda McMahon's Senate hearing on her nomination to be Trump's "last" (really?) Ed secretary #DOGE #USDoE edsource.org/2025/trumps-...

CA school districts weighed down by new costs of child sexual assaults: billions in claims for victims now adults #FCMAT #CSBA my latest edsource.org/2025/schools...

CA school districts weighed down by new costs of child sexual assaults: billions in claims for victims now adults #FCMAT #CSBA my latest edsource.org/2025/schools...

Despite Trump's transgender sports ban, CA interscholastic federation pledges to uphold trans sports participation as laid out in state law; by Bob Egelko www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Fresno teachers say district is slow-walking launch of #ethnicstudies by @lashericat.bsky.social edsource.org/2025/fresno-...

CA teachers in 32 districts band together to negotiate expiring contracts in new @wearecta.bsky.social strategy; by @dianalambert.bsky.social @monicav50.bsky.social edsource.org/2025/califor...

Gap between 90% and 10% achievers in 8th grade math escalated between 2013-2024 in 8th grade math; a chasm in CA. #NAEP analysis by @chadaldeman.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/whic...

Great read by @karendsouza.bsky.social on the power of art: how Homeboy ArtAcademy in LA resurrects lives #arteducation #Prop28 edsource.org/2025/at-las-...

CA should continue its $1 B investment in teacher recruitment via residencies, education grants & National Board incentives, report by LPI by @dianalambert.bsky.social edsource.org/2025/califor...

Trump's cabinet will be one of the wealthiest in history--with myriad conflicts of interest. His nominees have assets worth at least $1.5 billion and 467 separate conflicts requiring recusal have been identified in ethics letters so far @EricLipton.nytimes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Teachers, students, parents debate #EthnicStudies, then a dramatic vote by Palo Alto's school board on mandating the course with host @zstavely.bsky.social and me – it's worth a listen edsource.org/podcast/ethn...

What L.A. area schools can learn from NorCal districts that recovered from wildfires by Betty Márquez-Rosales edsource.org/2025/what-lo...

"The house is gone. Everything is gone ..." Compelling portrait of a disaster – how one teacher, one family in Altadena cope with loss from Eaton Fire & start to pick up the pieces; @edsource.org podcast w/ @mallikaseshadri.bsky.social @zstavely.bsky.social edsource.org/podcast/teac...

Gavin Newsom's 3-word statement on Donald Trump's executive order to repeal birthright citizenship: "This is unconstitutional."

#1 of 20 Lessons on Tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. ... A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do. Attn: Mark Zuckerberg & Jeff Bezos snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Since Amanda Gorman wasn't welcomed back, and there was no poem at Trump's inauguration, let us turn to another esteemed poet of my youth. From the Cat in the Hat Comes Back: "He plays lots of bad tricks. Don’t you let him come near. You know what he did The last time he was here.”

In Edsource podcast w/@zstavely.bsky.social: My predictions for ’25: Trump’s obsession w/ @gavinnewsom.bsky.social; ethnic studies tensions mount? Assault on sanctuary cities? State budget funding for math PD, tutoring? And more … bet your fensters edsource.org/podcast/what...