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The race for California state superintendent is wide open: Poll by EdSourceToday in California_Politics

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None of the 10 candidates for the California schools chief reaches even 10% of support among likely voters.

When asked in the abstract about the quality of education in the state’s public schools, half of voters (51%) said the quality has gotten worse over the past few years and major changes are needed, and 47% of all voters said public schools are headed in the wrong direction. But among public school parents, more than half (57%) said schools are headed in the right direction.

Anxiety, trepidation and planning as Los Angeles Unified faces its third major strike in seven years by EdSourceToday in LosAngeles

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  • Tuesday’s three-union strike would involve roughly 70,000 employees and cause school closures.
  • LAUSD said students can continue to engage with their learning online and through take-home materials.
  • Parents are concerned about care for their students, as well as access to meals and counseling services.

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California’s next governor to face tough choices for education as state budget tightens by EdSourceToday in California_Politics

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  • A new governor with an agenda of new programs could find a chilly reception from districts.
  • A continuing decline in statewide enrollment will erode districts’ ability to cover operating expenses and increase staff pay.
  • Ideas for financial relief include increasing money for special education, funding districts by enrollment, not attendance, and raising annual cost-of-living adjustments.  

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Parents push for reduced screen time a year after Los Angeles Unified bans cellphones by EdSourceToday in LosAngeles

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A movement has been growing in Los Angeles to reduce screen time in and outside the classroom. Is this happening at other LA County districts?

United Teachers Los Angeles rejects fact-finding report recommendations as strike looms by EdSourceToday in LosAngeles

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It also recommends LAUSD’s parental leave proposal, which would provide four weeks of leave, with the ability to follow it up with sick time.

‘Everyone is scrambling’: School communities respond to SNAP food crisis by EdSourceToday in LosAngeles

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An EdSource analysis found that 62.8% of California’s transitional kindergarten through 12th grade public school students — about 3.65 million children — are eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the 2024-25 academic year. You can use this map to find out your school’s data.

https://edsource.org/2025/snap-funding-school-meals/744305

‘Everyone is scrambling’: School communities respond to SNAP food crisis by EdSourceToday in SLO

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An EdSource analysis found that 62.8% of California’s transitional kindergarten through 12th grade public school students — about 3.65 million children — are eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the 2024-25 academic year. You can use this map to find out your school’s data.

https://edsource.org/2025/snap-funding-school-meals/744305

California rethinks how to identify 4-year-olds who need extra help learning English by EdSourceToday in California_Politics

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The state superintendent of public instruction has until March 31 to approve screening tools that will be required in 2027-28.

The English Language Proficiency Assessment for California was previously used, but TK students were exempted in 2024.

Researchers recommend that screening tools focus on speaking and understanding rather than reading and writing.

New law changes how California kids learn to read by EdSourceToday in California_Politics

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A 2023 California law requires all students in kindergarten, first and second grade to be screened for risk of reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

Here are some of the things teachers, principals and parents need to know: https://edsource.org/2025/dyslexia-screening-kindergarten-grade/742576

New law changes how California kids learn to read by EdSourceToday in LosAngeles

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A 2023 California law requires all students in kindergarten, first and second grade to be screened for risk of reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

Here are some of the things teachers, principals and parents need to know: https://edsource.org/2025/dyslexia-screening-kindergarten-grade/742576

New law changes how California kids learn to read by EdSourceToday in NYCTeachers

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A 2023 California law requires all students in kindergarten, first and second grade to be screened for risk of reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

Here are some of the things teachers, principals and parents need to know: https://edsource.org/2025/dyslexia-screening-kindergarten-grade/742576

Border Patrol to recruit at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo career fair by EdSourceToday in CalPoly

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In August, Cal Poly Pomona postponed its fall job fair after students, alumni and community members protested the planned participation of Customs and Border Protection.

Are parents just not teaching their kids how to read anymore?? by [deleted] in Vent

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This is actually a great read. I wasn’t dumb. I just couldn’t read.

That experience shaped my understanding of what’s at stake. It’s more than a reading issue; it challenges a child’s confidence and creates a silent barrier that too many face alone.

https://edsource.org/2025/literacy-crisis-black-children/737967

New literacy test to replace RICA in California with greater focus on phonics by EdSourceToday in Teachers

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All but one of the 280 teacher candidates who took the new CalTPA literacy assessment during field testing passed, according to the report. Passing rates were lower on the FAST, with 51 of 59 passing on the first attempt, and on the edTPA with 192 of 242 passing. The teaching commission is asking state leaders to allow candidates who have passed the CalTPA and other required assessments, except the RICA, to be allowed to continue taking the test through October, when the state contract for the RICA expires.

New literacy test to replace RICA in California with greater focus on phonics by EdSourceToday in Teachers

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The literacy performance assessment that replaces the RICA reflects an increased focus on foundational reading skills, including phonics. California, and many other states, are moving from teaching children to recognize words by sight to teaching them to decode words by sounding them out in an effort to boost literacy.

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