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John Fensterwald

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Reporter/Editor at Large @EdSource – comprehensive site exploring news, views, policies & data of California early ed, K-12, higher ed #CAStudentsMatter

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Teachers, students, parents debate #EthnicStudies, then a dramatic vote by Palo Alto's school board on mandating the course PAUSD with @Edsource podcast host Zaidee Stavely and me – it's worth a listen edsource.org/podcast/ethn...

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CA school districts weighed down by new costs of child sexual assaults: billions in claims for victims now adults #FCMAT CSBA my latest edsource.org/2025/schools-d…

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Pandemic-era push to ‘build solutions’ must continue, panel says: ICYMI our roundtable ... a good list of resources on who's innovating, too edsource.org/?page_id=729230 via @edsource

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A 20-yr popular & respected HS principal in San Jose shares insights on post-pandemic student struggles & a new vision for learning at Overfelt High; worth a listen edsource.org/podcast/a-prin…

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No compromise on literacy bill as hearing deadline looms, and debate shifts to a familiar, misleading debate over phonics; my latest edsource.org/?page_id=730431 via @edsource

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Long-awaited CA's Cradle-to-Career data system #C2C up and running w/valuable info for parents, rich data for researchers TK; by diana lambert edsource.org/2025/californi…

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UC faculty to vote tomorrow on recommending its own high school #ethnicstudies mandate – at odds w/state's and unfunded; my latest edsource.org/?page_id=730893 via @edsource

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Federal cuts are directly impacting programs designed to support students with disabilities in their transition to adulthood and programs that train special education teachers. #caedu #caleg #capol edsource.org/2025/how-feder…

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The Santa Clara County superintendent’s job is one of only five in the state that are appointed by the board of education, rather than elected by county voters. #caedu Santa Clara County Office of Education edsource.org/updates/santa-…

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Great example of why "one-size fits all" doesn't always work in our rural and small communities. Thank you Louise Simson for sharing! Why the state should bend spending rules for small rural school districts edsource.org/?page_id=730334 via EdSource

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Why Texas is ahead of California on bilingual education; – yes, CA, you CAN learn from TX; fine piece by Zaidee Stavely edsource.org/?page_id=730896 via @edsource

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UC faculty rejects imposing its own unfunded ethnic studies course on high schools edsource.org/?page_id=731021 via @edsource #caedu #caleg #capol

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Legislative deal on reading instruction reached in nick of time; hearing on AB 1458 today in Assembly Ed EdVoice Blanca Rubio Californians Together Speaker Robert Rivas Asm. Al Muratsuchi @famsinschools #ScienceOfReading #caedu #caleg; my latest edsource.org/?page_id=731682

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What's in (big money for early literacy) and what's not (nothing for ethnic studies) in Gavin Newsom's May revision? A readable summary of TK to UC by my colleagues #CAbudget #CAed edsource.org/?page_id=732747