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L.A. Unified student detained by immigration agents as district prepares increased safety measures District officials, union leaders and mayors of local cities denounced ongoing immigration enforcement actions.

Immigration agents handcuffed and drew guns on a 15-year-old San Fernando High School student Monday morning after pulling him from his family’s vehicle, according to Los Angeles Unified School District officials.

Their families keep California farms running. Trump cuts just stripped a 'lifeline' from them The migrant programs offer tutors and other education services to students who often struggle academically due to frequent moves.

The Migrant Education Program supports 80K children in CA. Their families are the backbone of the agricultural economy. Withholding MEP funds threatens fair access to education and bears a direct impact on our nation's agricultural workforce. calmatters.org/education/k-...

Migrant education helps farmworkers’ children catch up; Trump wants to end it Migrant education helps children brush up on science, math, reading and writing, but the $121 million California expected to receive is in jeopardy.

A group of high school students in Monterey County is spending their summer extracting DNA from sprigs of clover, making jewelry out of algae and shaping ceramic bowls, while also beefing up their math, reading and writing skills. Could be the program's last summer. edsource.org?page_id=736431

It's a downer but you should read this piece from @johannneem.bsky.social if you're tracking the state of public education.

A District-by-District Accounting of the $6.2 billion U.S. Department of Education Has Held Back from Schools The Education Department is refusing to release billions of dollars for public schools. See the impact by school system and congressional district.

Thank you, @newamerica.org for this sobering resource. www.newamerica.org/education-po...

This is the kind of thing the words "innovative" and "transformational" should be reserved for. This program pays citizens to take notes at public meetings, changing the way we think about and practice journalism and civic engagement.

Does Speaking Two Languages Hurt Students? Experts Say No Experts share insights on what research says about the effect of learning more than one language at once.

Bilingual kids show cognitive and linguistic benefits as early as age 3, says my colleague Gabriela Uro via
@ileanan.bsky.social. Despite these and other benefits, funding cuts for 5M English learners may be on the horizon. Learn what's at stake.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

UPDATE: Teachers union head Randi Weingarten quits DNC post in dispute with chairman The latest education news updates from EdSource.

“I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging,” the union leader said in a letter.

“And I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more of our communities.”

Fingers crossed! 🤞

California educators protest Trump’s proposed cuts for English learners Researchers, advocates and district leaders are fighting to try to keep the funds, which they say are guaranteed by federal civil rights laws.

"This is an evolving story...The states that have a lot more to lose are not necessarily progressive states like California.” @zstavely.bsky.social edsource.org?page_id=733575

The nonprofit sector is bleeding jobs, but how many? Help the Chronicle document the full scope of nonprofit layoffs nationwide as part of our monthly layoff tracker. If you are working at a nonprofit experiencing layoffs, fill out our form to report lost jobs. 👉 phlnthrp.com/4dPRgHs 👈

The Invisible Achievement Gap: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California’s Public Schools This first-of-its-kind report details a previously invisible achievement gap between children in foster care and other students, including students with low-socioeconomic status, English language lear...

The report is the follow-up to a 2013 study that first linked California’s ed and child welfare data to uncover educational challenges that K–12 students faced in foster care. www.wested.org/resource/the...

Districts should target funds to foster youth to improve progress, report says In the 10 California districts with the most foster students, only a fraction of 1% of the targeted money was actually spent on that group.

"California’s foster care students have improved their high school graduation rates since 2013, but have barely improved, or even lost ground, in rates of suspension, attendance and prompt college enrollment..."

That's according to a recent report from @wested.org
edsource.org?page_id=729836

So much fomo over missing #EWA25. Maybe next year.

Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.

BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court justices deadlock 4-4, effectively blocking the creation of the nation's first religious charter school in Oklahoma.

The Trump Admin. Is Reviving This School Choice Option You've Never Heard Of A little-known provision allows students to transfer out of schools deemed "persistently unsafe." Choice advocates say it's been underused.

Lowkey salty I'd actually never heard of this provision. Solid reporting. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

These School Cops in Florida Ordered to Help ICE Arrest Immigrants, Records Show Pinellas County Schools said plans to deputize cops as ICE agents was a mistake, but records obtained by The 74 show how deep their cooperation went.

These school cops in Florida ordered to help ICE arrest immigrants, records show. @markkeierleber.bsky.social reports

Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more The president has said he wants to eliminate the Education Department while fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

Cannot do without this tracker from @hechingerreport.org. I tried keeping one of my own but it fell apart at around Week 7. 🫠 Thank you for your service, Hechinger. hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...

Trump proposals for students with disabilities create confusion and fear Students, their parents and educators in California say they have serious concerns about federal proposals that could transform service delivery to students with disabilities.

Federal proposals that could transform how schools deliver education to California's 850,000 students with disabilities are causing concern and fear. @emmagallegos.bsky.social
@wearecta.bsky.social
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Educator Registered Apprenticeships: Funding Profiles for Five Programs Explore how five innovative K–12 Teacher Registered Apprenticeship programs use sustainable funding models to make high-quality, classroom-based teacher preparation more affordable and accessible.

The project behind this report was #defunded but the learning is still valuable. Five profiles of teacher registered apprenticeship models in IN, NY, TX, NH, and TN—useful for state leaders looking to support their teaching workforce. www.wested.org/resource/edu...

United communities can turn the tide on the opioid epidemic | GUEST COMMENTARY It’s time to abandon siloed efforts and embrace a unified approach to fighting the opioid epidemic, writes Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia.

"The building blocks for change already exist. What’s needed now is sustained collaboration and bold leadership to scale what works."

Jennifer Loeffler-Cobia's commentary on taking a unified approach to addressing the opioid epidemic. @baltimoresun.bsky.social

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/05/15/u...

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Four Key Assessment and Accountability Trends Education Leaders Should Monitor In this blog post, WestEd assessment and accountability experts spotlight four critical areas transforming education measurement and improvement systems.

"While AI tools offer new possibilities ... their adoption must center on human values: fairness, privacy, and pedagogy."

AI is a tool and people come first. These are the 4 trends in assessment and accountability @wested.org experts are monitoring, including AI. www.wested.org/blog/four-ke...