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A podcast that gets to the heart of schools in California and beyond, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines, from preschool to college.
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Goodbye, Education Beat (opens the original)
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Five years ago in 2021, EdSource launched Education Beat for the first time. Today, we say goodbye. This will be the final episode. Over the years, we've aimed to bring you personal stories of students, teachers, parents — regular people who bring EdSource stories alive by showing how education policy affects their lives. In this final episode, editor-at-large John Fensterwald interviews Zaidee Stavely about the essence of Education Beat and what she aimed to accomplish, and we share some of the
The long road to college graduation for one immigrant family (opens the original)
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On a sweltering hot day at UC Merced in May 2025, three siblings crossed the stage in blue gowns and caps, to receive their diplomas. Watching with pride from the audience were their mother, father and younger sister. This moment, with all of them celebrating together, was the culmination of years of struggle, dedication, and overcoming the challenges of a family navigating the U.S. immigration system. This episode is a peek back at a family featured on one of our very first episodes in 2021, af
Kids and teens turn to AI for emotional support (opens the original)
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Liliana Messinger was in fourth grade when she first turned to an AI chatbot for help with panic attacks. Over the years, she turned to AI again and again. For a growing number of teenagers, AI chatbots have become a first stop when things get tough, in part because of the shortage of mental health therapists and counselors in schools. This episode of Education Beat is a sneak preview of a special project about teenagers’ use of AI for mental health support. Guests: Liliana Messinger, high schoo
Play and potty training: The realities of California’s TK rollout (rebroadcast) (opens the original)
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As teachers and students get ready to go back to school, Education Beat brings you this special repeat episode: With the expansion of transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds, California schools need smaller toilets, smaller sinks and a whole new understanding of the importance of play in the classroom. Think Play-Doh, finger painting, make-believe and dress-up. Some 4-year-olds also need help going to the bathroom and wiping afterward. But teachers — and principals — are not always educated
Should the University of California bring back the SAT? (opens the original)
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Thousands of UC STEM professors have signed an open letter calling on UC to again require the SAT or ACT for admissions. They say they are seeing more and more students arriving to college so poorly prepared that they can't solve middle-school math equations. But not all faculty agree that reinstating standardized tests would help with the lack of preparation. Many are concerned that requiring the SAT or ACT could exclude students from less privileged backgrounds. Guests: Zvezda Stankova, mathem
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