#tellewa latimes.com/opinion/story/… My piece in today's LA Times. To give or not to give? That is the question....

edsource.org/2024/to-expand… For my EdSource piece, I enjoyed interviewing women who are entering trades otherwise dominated by men. Childcare subsidies are helping them.

My friend Myron Levin created an important documentary, Power Trip, about deadly impact of overly fast cars and advertisers' & manufacturers' role in carnage. Here's the link. Special meaning after the loss of 2 friends - killed by reckless drivers. powertripfilm.com

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An important EdSource story about vaccinations and schoolchildren's health. You can search for your own school in the data. edsource.org/2025/amid-dead…

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Important marine research center may be sunk by Cal State budget cuts. An EdSource story edsource.org/2025/can-a-fin…

EdSource is looking for an executive editor. edsource.org/about-edsource…

edsource.org/2025/californi… San Diego State recently won the coveted status of an R1 research university. Now that campus- and universities across the country-are being stripped of some research grants.

edsource.org/2025/lawsuit-t… California, by the federal definition, has the most Hispanic Serving colleges in the country. Now those schools worry about a lawsuit alleging bias.

Education journalists deserve dedicated support tailored to their needs – and the Education Writers Association has done the work for the past 79 years! I'm on its journalism advisory board. Join me in sending a ‘birthday gift’: ewa.org/donationFriends!

#tellEWA edsource.org/2025/trio-prog… Upward Bound? If the Trump administration has its way, it will be Upward Gone Forever. More proposed cuts in college access.

If there ever was a story that fully shows the Trump administration's cruelty, this is it: the shocking experience of a deaf man with DACA authorization locked up by ICE. Excellent reporting and writing by the LAT's Brittny Mejia latimes.com/california/sto…

edsource.org/2025/alternati… Parents will be able to pull their kids out of classes if geography lessons show the Earth is round. A great EdSource piece

edsource.org/2025/californi… Maybe financial aid fraudsters have met their match? EdSource looks at the latest effort to deter scams against college financial aid.

edsource.org/2025/youre-in-… An EdSource story: Minnesota is making it easier for students to get into college without even applying. Some California colleges will follow.

edsource.org/2025/community… EdSource takes a classroom-level look at the new pre-calculus classes in California colleges. The politics around math education can be bruising.

Degrees of value: How changing attitudes toward college challenge higher education in California us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

What is the value of a college degree? EdSource is sponsoring an important roundtable discussion on that topic this Thursday, Dec. 11 at noon, Pacific time. Join us. It's free, of course.us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…