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California teachers recall long road back from Covid
The last five years have not been easy for students or their teachers. During Covid school closures, teachers, accustomed to […]
March 31, 2025
California teachers urgently need training in how to respond to, and cope with, trauma
We live in stressful times. This, coupled with the high rate (80.5%) of children experiencing at least one adverse childhood […]
March 31, 2025
Federal investigation targets California ban on parental notification policies
Jennifer Vietz’s transgender daughter came out to a teacher and friends at her school’s Gay Straight Alliance group. “If my daughter […]
March 28, 2025
Pandemic-era push to ‘build solutions’ must continue, panel says
The Covid-19 pandemic, which first shuttered schools five years ago, disrupted learning, disengaged students and harmed their mental health, amplifying […]
March 28, 2025
How Covid’s mental health toll transformed California’s schools
Top Takeaways Growing numbers of California students reported feeling hopeless in the wake of the pandemic, with 42% of juniors […]
March 26, 2025
At community colleges, online classes remain popular years after pandemic
Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business […]
March 25, 2025
Let’s fully fund restorative justice — because it works
A change has come to my classroom, and I didn’t even know it. While I’ve been busy teaching, California passed […]
March 25, 2025
California can strengthen its teacher workforce; here’s how
California’s teacher workforce needs stronger stewardship. Our state has established high standards for English, math, science and history that lay […]
March 24, 2025
Five years after Covid shuttered schools, parent empowerment lives on
Five years ago, when Esti Iturralde’s daughter was in the first grade, the little girl struggled with learning to read. […]
March 24, 2025