Education Beat
The community college student exodus
Thousands of students left California’s community colleges. Listen to one student’s difficult decision, and what colleges can do to win students back.
Thousands of students left California’s community colleges. Listen to one student’s difficult decision, and what colleges can do to win students back.
Covid robbed students of learning, especially in math, after more than a year of attending high school from home. What are colleges doing to help?
A little-known court decision from last year makes it easier to pass parcel taxes. Could this be a game-changer for low-income school districts?
Host Zaidee Stavely talks with a student whose college path was transformed by a house for formerly incarcerated students and with a reporter about how this program came about.
We hear from teachers about workshops that helped them and about what their own childhood experiences as English learners taught them.
A student shares how taking college courses while still in high school helped her get ahead in college and save on tuition. But access to these courses remains uneven across California.
This week we hear from an attendance counselor who tracks down missing students and tries to get them back to class.
Conservative candidates aim to fight against teaching about racism and racial equity and the acceptance of different gender identities.
Kids say the library is a safe place to do homework, read and have fun. City leaders say the building would be better for a police station.
Kenya Abner struggled to find student housing for her family. Twenty years later, her daughter ran into the same problem.