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Is deadly force law making a difference?
Wanda Johnson, left, Addie Kitchen and Stevante Clark at a celebration of life held for Steven Taylor on the one-year anniversary of his death, at the San Leandro Marina on April 18, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose: seeking justice for family members who were killed by police officers. Kathleen Bils’ son was shot by a San Diego sheriff’s deputy, and Addie Kitchen’s grandson was shot by a San Leandro police officer both of whom are facing criminal charges under a new state law limiting when police can use deadly force. But beyond those two cases, it appears the close
California s new math war: Should schools push students to speed through algebra, calculus?
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Instructor Chris Eckert helps a student with a math problem at Garfield Elementary School in Oakland in March.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
A debate over how to teach math in California is heating up as state officials look to redefine success in the subject, with calculus no longer the gold standard of achievement, and a move to push Algebra 1 out of middle schools.
The proposed revamping of the state’s math framework for its 6 million K-12 students has sparked yet another math war. It is one of many over the decades as parents, politicians and mathematicians battle over not only when and how to teach fractions, functions and quadratic equations, but what topics shouldn’t be taught at all.
Students in wealthier schools 3 times likelier to be back in school full time
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May 5, 2021
Although 87% of California’s traditional public schools have reopened for some form of in-person instruction, fewer than half of students have returned either full time or part time in a hybrid model. A total of 55% of all public school students, including those in charter schools, were at home, in distance learning, as of April 30, according to an EdSource analysis of new data released by the state.
EdSource found that two-thirds of students in district schools with the largest proportions of low-income families were in distance learning, compared with only 43% of students in schools with the fewest low-income families a disparity that may partly explain a widening learning gap between wealthy and poor students that researchers and teachers suspect the pandemic has enlarged.
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Schools are chosen due to improvements in test scores, suspension rates, and conditions and climate. (Shutterstock)
FREMONT, CA State schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond named an additional 121 schools including 28 in the greater Bay Area as 2021 California Distinguished Schools including John F. Kennedy High School in Fremont. The award honors schools who have made improvements in test scores, suspension rates, and conditions and climate. The state originally honored 102 schools March 18, but after further review of the data added the additional schools. Our thanks go to the entire communities surrounding these schools, including the teachers, administrators, and classified employees as well as the students and their families who, through teamwork, all accomplished this impressive achievement together, Thurmond said in a statement released Tuesday by the California Department of Education.
State Adds 28 Schools In Greater Bay Area To List Of Distinguished Schools
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State schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond named an additional 121 schools including 28 in the greater Bay Area as 2021 California Distinguished Schools.
The award honors schools who have made improvements in test scores, suspension rates, and conditions and climate. The state originally honored 102 schools March 18, but after further review of the data added the additional schools. Our thanks go to the entire communities surrounding these schools, including the teachers, administrators, and classified employees as well as the students and their families who, through teamwork, all accomplished this impressive achievement together, Thurmond said in a statement released Tuesday by the California Department of Education.