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Joe Hong & Erica Yee A la mitad de un día escolar en febrero, el salón de clases de sexto grado de Theresa Griffin en Stege Elementary está más caótico que de costumbre. En la pizarra blanca, Griffin escribe los nombres de los estudiantes habladores que se quedarán después...
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Joe Hong & Erica Yee CalMatters Halfway through a chilly school day in February, Theresa Griffin’s sixth grade classroom at Stege Elementary is more chaotic than usual. On the white board, Griffin writes the names of talkative students who will be staying behind after the lunch bell rings. A...
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Megan Tagami CalMatters En una lluviosa tarde de viernes en la Santa Mónica High School, la maestra de estudios étnicos Marisa Silvestri presentó a su clase la canción de rap “Kenji”. Mientras el cantante Mike Shinoda narraba las experiencias de su familia en los campos de encarcelamiento estadounidenses de...
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Megan Tagami CalMatters On a rainy Friday afternoon at Santa Monica High School, ethnic studies teacher Marisa Silvestri introduced her class to the rap song “Kenji.” As singer Mike Shinoda narrated his family’s experiences in the Japanese American incarceration camps of World War II, Silvestri’s class fell silent. After...
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Los nuevos datos educativos de California ayudan a contar una vieja historia: las escuelas con índices más altos de estudiantes de bajos ingresos tienen más maestros poco calificados. Un análisis de CalMatters de los datos de acreditación de maestros publicados este mes por el Departamento de Educación de California...
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New California education data helps tell an old story: Schools with higher rates of low-income students have more underqualified teachers. A CalMatters analysis of teacher credentialing data released this month by the California Department of Education found this correlation statewide as well as within districts. The state’s data from...
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California wants to lure all 4-year-olds to public schools within the next four years. But will there be enough teachers there to meet them? School districts across the state are scrambling to hire an estimated 11,000 teachers and 25,000 teacher assistants to expand transitional kindergarten. It’s a tall order...
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When Rebecca Pariso agreed to join a team of educators tasked in late 2019 with California’s new mathematics framework, she said she expected some controversy. But she didn’t expect her work would be in the national spotlight. “We were transforming math education, and change is hard and scary,” said Pariso,...
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Cuando Rebecca Pariso aceptó unirse a un equipo de educadores encargados a fines de 2019 con el nuevo marco matemático de California, dijo que esperaba cierta controversia. Pero ella no esperaba que su trabajo estuviera en el foco nacional. “Estábamos transformando la educación matemática y el cambio es difícil y...