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K-12 science teachers worldwide who find themselves suddenly giving lessons online are turning to the Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE), a free, open-source, standards-based inquiry science curricula that also provides peer-to-peer support and professional development.

The rush to push in-class learning into an online experience may be leaving out one crucial piece to helping students succeed – incentivising participation.

Many colleges and universities are facing the policy question of whether to make attendance of synchronous online sessions optional.

The university has announced steps designed to help limit coronavirus (COVID-19) risk on campus. The changes will remain in place through the end of the semester.

Updates from campus leaders offer details, which include temporarily suspending in-person instruction; and a cancellation of all on-campus events.

The campus has also set up an informational website

With growing research showing that performance on the SAT and ACT are impacted by ethnicity and socio-economics, Chancellor Carol T. Christ and other UC leaders say they are ready to end the use of such standardized tests in the college admissions process.

Imagine a school with a speedy elevator, another with a smooth-riding escalator, and another with broken stairwell.  At each school, students are all tasked with reaching the top floor.

The Graduate School of Education (GSE) is partnering with the Kapor Center and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to establish the California Computer Science Project (CCSP), aimed at increasing the number of girls, low-income students and students of color in Computer Science courses including AP Computer Science in public schools.

A three-year effort led by the GSE’s College and Career Academy Support Network (CCASN) has resulted in a series of reports designed to offer guidance to, and encourage greater collaboration among educators, policy makers, and researchers by defining research priorities around the key issues impacting equity in student outcomes from college and career pathways.

By Ellen Lee
Contributing Writer

A classically trained violinist, Rachel Chen has performed in quartets, on stage with orchestras, and even in spontaneous jam sessions with street musicians.

Now Chen’s musical background comes in handy as she studies the behavior and interactions of autistic individuals, in particular, stimming, or self-stimulating; and repetitive actions such as the flapping of hands, the continuous tapping of various objects, or the back-and-forth rocking of the body.