This Week in California Education

In this week's episode of "This Week in California Education,” EdSource’s new 15 minute podcast, Executive Director Loui... Read more

This week, Louis and John discuss where students spend a lot of time outside of the classroom:  on playgrounds – and eff... Read more

This week, Louis and John speak with EdSource reporter David Washburn about the battle over sodas between health advocat... Read more

This week, John Fensterwald interviews Jonathan Raymond, president of the Stuart Foundation and the former superintenden... Read more

In "This Week in California Education," EdSource's new 15 minute podcast, Executive Director Louis Freedberg, and Editor... Read more

This week, John Fensterwald and guest co-host Ryan Smith debate John's annual education predictions, disagreeing on whet... Read more

This week: Louis and John speak with John Deasy, the former superintendent of Los Angeles Unified, who on June 1 became ... Read more

This week, John Fensterwald and Louis Freedberg discuss the financial outlook for education in Gov. Jerry Brown's final ... Read more

This week, retiring Gov. Jerry Brown speaks with Louis and John about his philosophy of education and his views on chart... Read more

Over the past week, most of California's best known colleges and universities have cancelled in-person classes in respon... Read more

This week, John Fensterwald and Louis Freedberg cover EdSource's May 23 forum with the two leading candidates for state ... Read more

This week, Louis and John explore issues raised by Tainted Taps, an EdSource special report on the health threat from hi... Read more

This week, John and Louis review memorable events of 2018 — including the November gubernatorial and state superintenden... Read more

This week, we revisit Proposition 187 — the anti-immigrant initiative that California voters passed 25 years ago this we... Read more

Responding to escalating mental health needs of students was an area of intense interest at the California School Boards... Read more

Saturday, March 23, 2019Bribes that wealthy parents paid to get their kids into prestigious colleges were brazen but — f... Read more

This week, John Fensterwald and Louis Freedberg discuss the peace summit between Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa w... Read more

This week, Louis and John interview Marshall Tuck, candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Tuck, a for... Read more

The state released the annual update of the California School Dashboard on Thursday. It's an online report card with a 5... Read more

This week, John Fensterwald and Louis Freedberg devote the full podcast to exploring the implications of the U.S. Suprem... Read more