Former English learner spearheads new system for tracking students
Theresa HarringtonLa Joya Middle School in Visalia Unified has implemented a new system for teaching English learners that was created…
Teachers share challenges and solutions at statewide summit
Theresa HarringtonEducators at second annual California Teachers Summit shared why they teach Theresa HarringtonEducators at second annual California Teachers Summit…
California adopts materials for new English learner approach
Theresa HarringtonEducators across the state are learning about the new English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework.Theresa HarringtonEducators across the state…
Head Start parents in California step up to teach their kids math
MICHAEL COLLIER: EDSOURCEHead Start managers are receiving hours of training to help staff and parents teach early math to children…
Edley: ‘Several missing pieces to the current batch of reforms’
Christopher Edley, Jr.The results of the Smarter Balanced assessments, the centerpiece of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress,…
Teachers back in school to master Common Core standards
Sarah Tully, EdSourceTeacher Estela Guzman, center, points to math problems as teachers My Lu and Tricia Cummings look on during…
Art appreciation helps young children learn to think and express ideas
Liv Ames for EdSourceTransitional kindergarten students discuss 19th Century French artist Gustave Caillebotte’s painting, Fruit Displayed on a Stand, at…
Common Core standards are ‘natural next step’
EdSource staffMarch 29, 2015EdSource is conducting a series of interviews featuring educators’ experiences with the Common Core State Standards. Elk…
Districts adopting measures to assess students in earliest grades
Liv Ames for EdSourceTeacher Megan Stone assesses kindergartner Kaylee Turner at Cumberland School in Sunnyvale.As millions of California students prepare…
Study: Self-regulation helps kindergartners
Credit: Lillian Mongeau/EdSource TodayErin BrownfieldNovember 21, 2014Students in their first years of school have a lot of new ground to…
