California Students Are In A Literacy Crisis
Reading is an essential life skill that students have been learning since their earliest years of schooling. One of theRead More…
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Parents, Don’t Leave the Fundamentals of Parenting Up to Teachers
Being a parent is the most difficult job, but at the same time, it can be the best thing. ThereRead More…
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Your School Environment is Yours: How I Made the Transition from Middle to High School
The transition from middle to high school is challenging for most, if not all students. Mine wasn’t any different. IRead More…
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Reality Check: Tips to Help You Adjust to Fall Semester at College
College life is often plagued with many misconceptions as to what even a single day may entail. While we mayRead More…
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Beyond Students, Late School Start Times Could Impact Parents and Transportation Budgets
California will become the first state in the nation to mandate later start times at most middle schools and highRead More…
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Advanced Placement Courses And Their Tests Promote Rote Learning, Not Critical Thinking and Collaboration
Last year, I was asked to take on teaching AP English Literature and Composition to the 12th grade class. IRead More…
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Latino Founders Are Important: Joel Portillo Starts New KIPP Bay Area High School
I am very excited to share with you that KIPP Bay Area Public Schools is opening a new high schoolRead More…
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Poor Test Scores in California Should Prompt Folks to Look Closely at Teacher Performance
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) state testRead More…
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Democrat Primary Voters Supportive of Charter Schools, While Many Elected Democrats Are Not
The new poll finds that 81% of Democratic primary voters support expanding public school choice options. I am not surprisedRead More…
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Governor Newsom Signs Bill for $15B to Build New and Fix Older Schools At a Failing Sacramento School
When the current state of affairs in education is such that we have hundreds of failing schools sans accountability, weRead More…
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