Education Beat, a new podcast from EdSource, will debut August 5. Join host Zaidee Stavely each week as she explores everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines.

Introducing Education Beat, a new podcast by EdSource

Three siblings have to put their college plans on hold after their stepdad took steps to get a green card – only to be separated from his family for more than two years.

A family separated and their education derailed

Gavin Newsom and state legislators are pushing to develop a tool to screen every young student in California schools for dyslexia.

Should we screen all kids for dyslexia?

Community schools provide many services for kids and families - health care, mental health therapy, housing assistance, and more.

How community schools help kids thrive

A new analysis concludes that Prop 13 contributed to a widening wealth gap and – for decades – inadequate funding for public schools.

How Prop 13 widened the wealth and education gap in California

Zaidee Stavely visits a school that’s had an uncommonly high degree of success with teaching English learners to read.

How to teach English learners to read? Here's how one school does it

Reading aloud can help students with fluency, knowledge and vocabulary and boosts their own reading skills.

How reading aloud can help older kids, too

EdSource reporters Thomas Peele and Ashley A. Smith discuss their reporting on the outcomes of sexual harassment and misconduct complaints at CSU.

Cal State faces scrutiny for handling of sexual harassment complaints

Inside the first women's program at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, incarcerated women are working to rebuild their lives by pursuing these higher degrees.

Bachelor's degrees in prison promise incarcerated students a second chance

Lucinda Lee Katz, the lead plaintiff's first grade teacher, tells how this Supreme Court case began in San Francisco and how it changed education.

50 years later: How Lau v. Nichols changed education for English learners

While California's get-tough 2010 truancy law remains on the books, districts are less and less likely to lean on punitive measures.

How courts can help, not punish parents of habitually absent students

Many school districts have taken steps to ban or restrict cell phones and smart watches in the classroom, to curb bullying, distraction and addiction.

Should cell phones be banned from all California schools?

A school board meeting in Palo Alto offers a peek into an argument over whether ethnic studies should be required, and what the course should teach.

Ethnic studies requirement sparks debate in Palo Alto

We visit an elementary school and a middle school in Austin, Texas, where students learn in Spanish and English and take the AP Spanish exam in 8th grade.

What California can learn from Texas about bilingual education

In many districts, contracts for school resource officers are passed with no public discussion.

California schools spend millions on police officers, with little public discussion

Trump administration slashing programs for students with disabilities, struggling readers

Jackie Stephens' daughters Mercy and Hope both attended preschool through Head Start, and she says they've thrived. But now she's worried.

Uncertainty over Head Start funding puts parents and teachers on edge

The Eaton Fire destroyed thousands of homes and displaced around 10,000 of Pasadena Unified School District’s 14,000 students.

Pasadena schools get help for students coping with trauma of Eaton Fire

Students from low-income families and English learners automatically get $500 for college from California. But many don't know it's there.

California program offers $500 in scholarships, but many students miss out

In the 1974 case, the Court decided students who do not yet speak fluent English have a right to understand what is being taught in their classrooms.

50 years later: How Lau v. Nichols changed education for English learners (Re-broadcast)

Public health professor Noé Crespo was studying how to boost vaccination among Latinos, but in April his grant was terminated.

Federal funding cuts threaten health and science research at California universities

Berkeley High School launched a new program that pairs professional filmmakers with high school students.

New filmmaking program teaches teens the power of personal stories

As ICE raids ramp up across California, family members — and sometimes students themselves — have been detained or deported.

Students and families caught in the crosshairs of immigration enforcement

The state of Tennessee and the group Students for Fair Admissions recently filed a lawsuit challenging grants for Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

Funding at risk for colleges serving high numbers of Latino students

Hundreds of thousands of children could lose federally-funded food stamps and health care under the new law.

How the "Big Beautiful Bill" could impact California kids

The Migrant Education Program, which provides academic support to the children of agricultural workers, could end after the Trump administration froze federal funds. 

A program that helps farmworkers' children is on Trump's chopping block

Larry Ferlazzo is retiring after 23 years of teaching. Here are some of his words of wisdom.

An influential teacher and author shares lessons from 23 years in the classroom

The Trump Administration has proposed cutting all funding for what are called TRIO programs which prepare and guide low-income students through college. 

A student found her college lifeline — Trump wants to cut it

This week: We interview Kirp about his new book, The College Dropout Scandal, and Long Beach State President Jane Conoley about efforts, starting in local high schools with the Long Beach Promise, to build an institutional culture that helps students to pursue and thrive in college.

Fixing the college dropout 'scandal'

This week: We take a look at how students and teachers are helping to raise awareness, and shape action in the fight against global warming.

Fired up on climate change in California schools

A podcast that gets to the heart of schools in California and beyond, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines, from preschool to college. Join the team at EdSource each week to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves.

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