By Raya Torres, Megan Tagami, Lauren Berny, et al., Image: Presley Shum screenshots, EdSource, May 10, 2022 S ince the Columbine school shooting in 1999 , more than 292,000 students have faced gun violence in their schools. As of April 2022, there have been 23 school shootings in the U.S. this year, according to Education Week’s school shooting tracker . With the recent introduction of California bills such as SB 906, requiring parents to disclose their possession of firearms at home,...

By John Fensterwald, Photo: Allison Shelley/Eduimages, EdSource, May 12, 2022 N ext week, California will jumpstart a seven-year initiative to convert potentially thousands of schools into full-servic e, parent-focused co mmunity schools. Approved a year ago by the Legislature, the $3 billion California Community Schools Partnership Program will be the nation’s most ambitious effort to create schools serving multiple health and learning needs of children. Community schools have come to be...

PACEs Connection and the Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative, a project of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) have developed two new resources, “Community Strategies to Address California’s Digital Divide and Its Impact on Children and Families” Report and the “Digital Divide Brief: Community Strategies to Address California’s Digital Divide and Its Impact on Children and Families”

By Larry Gordon, Photo: Larry Gordon/EdSource, EdSource, May 16, 2022 T he University of Texas at San Antonio’s graduation rates were in the deep basement a decade ago. Only 1 in 10 students finished in four years and just 3 in 10 in six years. But things have dramatically improved since then at the majority-Latino school, whose main campus is located 15 miles north of downtown’s tourist attractions. Not only are more students graduating faster but, in a reversal from national patterns,...