An educational crisis is spreading quietly across Fresno County, and it begins long before high school. The latest 2024–2025 CAASPP (California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress) results [...] Continue Reading
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La Alarma Educativa en el Condado de Fresno
Una crisis educativa se está extendiendo silenciosamente por todo el condado de Fresno y comienza mucho antes de la preparatoria. Los resultados más recientes del examen estatal CAASPP 2024–2025 de [...] Continue Reading
Nueva Encuesta Revela Interés de los Padres por la Educación Bilingüe
(Nota del Editor: se reproduce este artículo con el permiso de Central Valley Journalism Collaborative) Padres y familias latinas de estudiantes de inglés de K-12 en California participaron [...] Continue Reading
“A Lot of Empty School Buildings”
Given the flurry of news stories that appear every day, it’s not surprising that recent developments in the Department of Education don’t often get much attention. But maybe they should. A [...] Continue Reading
The War on Why
Curiosity is rebellion. Which is exactly why capitalism tries so hard to kill it. Curiosity—the spark that could change everything—gets smothered. And that is no accident. Schools Without [...] Continue Reading
Allensworth: Striving to Thrive
As in most small towns, Allensworth’s children are at the heart of community life. Whether it is the school play, sporting events or holidays, kids bring people together as a community. Families [...] Continue Reading
Allensworth: Buscando la Prosperidad
Como en la mayoría de los pueblos pequeños, los niños de Allensworth son el centro de la vida comunitaria. Ya sea en la obra de teatro escolar, eventos deportivos o días festivos, los niños unen a la [...] Continue Reading
Not a Movement, More Like a Coup
If you’re probing a controversial issue, it’s heartening to find someone with wide-ranging experience and expertise in the field. And, when it comes to school vouchers, Josh Cowen—author of The [...] Continue Reading
Scholarship Fund Advances Social Justice
When I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer seven years ago and was told that I “might” have a year to live, local attorneys Steve Malm and Howard Watkins approached me with a proposal. They wanted [...] Continue Reading
Workers Demand Protections from Fresno Unified
The fight for stability in Fresno’s education system took center stage on Feb. 12 as bus drivers, teachers and essential school workers rallied outside the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) Board [...] Continue Reading
As Relevant as Ever: The BS Factor
Some authors just have a knack for finding an eye-catching title. One such writer was Harry G. Frankfurt, a philosophy professor whose pint-sized book On Bullshit created something of a furor when [...] Continue Reading
Cell Phones: Haidt Book
“It’s what the research shows.” I heard those words a lot during my 30 years as a Fresno Unified School District teacher. Sometimes they popped up at monthly faculty meetings or during day-long [...] Continue Reading