Joe Hong

The California Teachers Association has consistently opposed legislation that would require dyslexia screening for all students in early grades. Yet many teachers say early intervention is key to heading off later academic struggles.

EN RESUMEN California es uno de los 10 estados del país que no exige que las escuelas evalúen a los niños para detectar dislexia. Los expertos están de acuerdo en que el diagnóstico temprano es clave para ayudar a los estudiantes disléxicos a aprender a leer, pero el sindicato de maestros de todo el estado […]

California is one of only 10 states in the country that does not require schools to screen children for dyslexia. Experts agree early diagnosis is key to helping dyslexic students learn to read, yet the statewide teachers union and others have blocked those efforts.

EN RESUMENEl año pasado, un proyecto de ley habría dirigido más fondos al grupo de estudiantes con los puntajes más bajos en las pruebas estandarizadas, que habrían sido los estudiantes de raza negra. En cambio, el gobernador propone dinero extra para las escuelas con alta pobreza y no específicamente para los estudiantes de raza negra. […]

Last year, a bill would have directed more funding to the student group with the lowest standardized test scores, which would have been Black students. Instead, the governor is proposing extra money for high-poverty schools, not Black students specifically.

Teachers across the state are trying to help students who fell behind in their reading skills during remote learning. At the same time, they must meet state grade-level standards for instruction, leaving many wondering if some students will ever recover from learning loss.

The results — the most thorough look yet at the pandemic's toll on learning — left education officials and experts neither surprised nor hopeless.

State education officials — who initially seemed to be delaying the release of student scores until after the election — instead shared them in a way guaranteed to hinder coverage of what's expected to be a steep pandemic-driven decline.

En resumen Muchos distritos escolares tienen grupos de trabajo para la seguridad cibernética limitados o simplemente no tienen. Sin estándares estatales, los distritos toman sus propias decisiones sobre las medidas de ciberseguridad. Read this article in English. Si el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles, el distrito escolar más grande del estado, puede verse afectado […]

Many school districts have limited or no dedicated cybersecurity teams. With no statewide standards, districts make their own decisions about cybersecurity measures.