A tireless advocate for CA education, a straight shooter and a great woman.. she will be missed. Rest in power, Delaine.

With just one exception--for those folks with absolutely zero prior school employment or engagement with the teacher pipeline--emergency certified teachers in MA during the pandemic were just as effective as traditionally licensed peers edworkingpapers.com/ai24-936

Today's CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La
-- #caleg bill deadline: Wins for Senator Janet Nguyen Assemblywoman Kate Sanchez Senator Dave Min but defeat for Brian W. Jones
-- Mikhail Zinshteyn (he/him) on #CalGrants
-- Marisa Kendall on #SCOTUS homeless
-- Carolyn Jones on transgender
calmatters.org/newsletter/cal…

NEW: Stanford Graduate School of Education survey found 45% of #California high schoolers stressed about homework.

Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo is on the #caleg happiness committee and has a bill to reduce that stress.

Lynn La of CalMatters talked to her about it:
calmatters.org/politics/capit…

Note that both outlets have excellent ed reporters: Carolyn Jones and Tara GarciaMathewson.

CTA declares it's against reading reform in #AB2222 ; author Assemblywoman Rubio EdVoice Families In Schools California Reading Coalition ask California Teachers Association: Will you work to improve bill or deny teachers #SOR training they lack & textbooks they need? by diana lambert Zaidee Stavely &me edsource.org/2024/bill-to-m…

How long before even the clueless Oakland A's ownership realizes that Sacramento is a better MLB market than Vegas? And Oakland is better than either (with smart, dedicated owners, as history has shown)?

Recruiting and retaining Black teachers has taken on new urgency as California lawmakers try to ease the teacher shortage, but advocates say more needs to be done. Part 3 in my series on Black teachers. edsource.org/?page_id=708715 via @edsource Black Teacher Center for Black Educator Development

5 Black teachers in California talk about bias, extra work and feelings of isolation in second part of EdSource special report. edsource.org/?page_id=708556 via @edsource UCLA Sac City Unified Oakland Education Association ousdnews Teach Plus Educators for Excellence (E4E) EdTrust-West California Teachers Association

The EdSource series 'Black teachers: How to recruit them and make them stay' looks at the obstacles that keep Black people from becoming teachers, and the bias some face when they join the profession. Travis J. Bristol California Teachers Association EdTrust-West
edsource.org/?page_id=708506 via @edsource

I’ve just been laid off from Long Beach Post because I stood in solidarity with my colleagues. I was not originally to be laid off and was told initially that my job was safe. I wasn’t the only one. This is blatant retaliation. Long Beach Media Guild

The state of California has new guidelines for government agencies that want to generative AI contracts, but that won't protect Californians from forms of AI that harmed them in the past calmatters.org/economy/techno…

An end to billions of dollars in federal Covid relief funds, declining enrollment, staff raises, hiring binges and stagnant state funding should combine will create steep budget shortfalls for many California school districts, Carolyn Jones reports. calmatters.org/education/k-12…

California schools gained billions during the pandemic---but this funding is ending for California school districts, including Los Angeles Unified. @CarolynJones100 writes about the impact CalMatters calmatters.org/education/k-12…

Help us tackle MS by enjoying the new Mendoza Burrito!

I have partnered with La Burrita to launch the Mendoza Burrito. We will be donating all proceeds from each sale to the National MS Society, in honor and support of my mother, and to raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis!

High school graduation rates are sharply rising (good!) but achievement is not (bad!)--what's the story? // New numbers show falling standards in American high schools economist.com/united-states/…

English learner advocates oppose bill #AB2222 mandating science of reading #SOR curriculums, teacher training, saying it would set back #ELL students Overreaction? CABE Californians Together by Zaidee Stavely edsource.org/2024/english-l…

English learner advocates in California oppose ‘science of reading’ bill | Zaidee Stavely for EdSource edsource.org/2024/english-l…

Thanks, The Grade !

NEW: Great stuff from Carolyn Jones, Nour Habib, Naomi Martin, Gail Cornwall, and many others. TGIF!