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Credentialing commission could change the way California tests teachers

California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing is considering whether the state should continue to use educator assessments customized for the state, adopt assessments given in other states, use a combination of both, or do something else.
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High school students set record with stratospheric balloon launch and recovery (photo)

The Astrogazers Club at the Croydon High School for Girls pulled off the feat just months after a major setback.
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Some districts that stopped using school resource officers in recent years are now reversing course

More than half of all public schools in the U.S. have law enforcement present on campus. Often, that’s in the form of a school resource officer, or SRO — a police officer, usually one who’s specially trained and armed who’s stationed at the school.
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Why what looked like good news for charter schools actually wasn’t

It seemed like good news for charter schools when a study released this summer declared that they get better student outcomes than do traditional public schools — at least from 2015 to 2019, the years for which researchers said they crunched the numbers.
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Opinion: Why are so many young students carrying guns to school?

A new study by The Washington Post uncovers frightening statistics about the number of guns in school nationwide, including in Utah
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Why are students still so behind post-COVID? Their school attendance remains abysmal

As schools and parents contend with uncomfortable and increasingly unavoidable truths about persistent learning loss, new data out Thursday points to a key source of the problem: Scores of students have in recent years missed so much school that catching up seems nearly impossible.
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Children First: Help Wanted in the Classroom

California has a teacher shortage, but the education pipeline is flowing with fresh ideas.
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Investing in Educator Housing

Development will allow teachers, ESPs to live where they work
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Time to retire the tainted, unfair basic skills test for teachers

From its origins in 1982, the California Basic Educational Skills Test, which purports to measure the universal reading, writing and math skills needed to perform in all the varied public school jobs requiring credentials, has been controversial for deterring tens of thousands of educators of color from entering the public school workforce.
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ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low

High school students' scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test.
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Senate Bill 2 could increase teacher pay by several thousand dollars. Unions remain wary.

The bill would provide educators with a pay increase if it passes. Unions, however, worry it will inevitably be tied to the Senate's school voucher proposal.
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California’s bullying problem worst in the nation, study finds

California has earned the dubious honor of having the worst bullying problem in the U.S., according to a new study.
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California has new ideas about how to teach math, but critics argue it won't work

California has new guidelines for teaching math in public schools.
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California districts won't be able to suspend students for 'willful defiance' next school year

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning the practice in the state's public schools, starting in July
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Despite new pension law, thousands of retired California teachers are still paying for others’ mistakes

“It makes you feel helpless, and like there’s nothing you can do except pay.”
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