Jane Meredith Adams
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Berkeley, CA, United States
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Past articles by Jane:
What schools and parents need to know about California’s vaccination law
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Can we talk? Schools try to wrest cell phones from students’ hands
Cell phones and social media can leave teenagers depressed and isolated, new research has found. Some schools are encouraging students to put down their phones and talk to each other. → Read More
California law spurs reforms after suicide cluster
A suicide cluster in Clovis Unified has fast-tracked district efforts to do more to address students' mental health. → Read More
Understanding social and emotional learning: a quick guide
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Circle up: Teaching social-emotional skills year round
All social-emotional learning, all the time as California moves to start a conversation between after-school and summer programs and their school-day counterparts. → Read More
Settlement in Kern discrimination lawsuit calls for new school discipline policies
The Kern High School District in the Central Valley admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to settle because changes in school discipline reflect current policies. → Read More
Vinnie Pompei wants you to know that we’re all biased, and we can work with that
Some LGBT students find themselves accepted by their peers, but not by teachers and administrators at school, said Vinnie Pompei of the Human Rights Campaign, who will speak at the EdSource Symposium in October. → Read More
As schools adopt social-emotional programs, a new guide offers help
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
As social and emotional learning expands, educators fear the ‘fizzle’
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Undocumented students react with fear and anger to election results
President Obama established DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — in 2012 through an executive order. With a stroke of a pen when he takes office, Trump can eliminate the program. → Read More
Social and emotional learning appears to provide benefits that last
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
California kindergarten vaccination rates reach all-time high in aftermath of new law
The percentage of kindergartners who received all required vaccines rose to 95.6 percent in 2016-17. → Read More
Measles at Disneyland, a vulnerable child and a new law prompted higher vaccination rates
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Most teachers in California say they need more training in alternatives to suspensions, survey finds
A California Teachers Association survey found that 40 percent of teachers had received little or no training in alternatives to suspensions. → Read More
Suspending California students costs the state billions, report finds
If the suspension rate were lowered by 1 percent in one graduating class in California, the state would avoid $180 million in economic losses, researchers at the University of California have found. → Read More
Two-decade old legal battle over special education oversight nears resolution, brings major changes
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Dyslexia, once the reading disability that shall not be named, comes into its own in California
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Do girls have access to team sports? Many California schools aren’t telling, despite law
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
Suspension rates for African-American students escalate in middle school
A non-profit journalism website reporting on key education issues in California and beyond. → Read More
In California, lessons on transgender student access to facilities
California has provided equal access to facilities for transgender students since 2014. → Read More