Show overview
Education Beat has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 244 episodes. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. Published by EdSource.
From the publisher
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. Join the team at EdSource each week to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves.
Latest Episodes
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The long road to college graduation for one immigrant family
Kids and teens turn to AI for emotional support
Play and potty training: The realities of California’s TK rollout (rebroadcast)
Should the University of California bring back the SAT?
What California can learn from Texas about bilingual education (rebroadcast)
More than 400 California children deported by the Trump administration. Here’s how classmates grieved one
California’s first transgender school board member is in a deeply red county
Inside a preschool where students with disabilities are fully included
Childcare providers struggle as four year-olds enroll in TK
What a California State University’s new polytechnic status means for its future
Health insurance costs hit teachers and districts hard
Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities (Rebroadcast)
How a father’s detention shaped his son’s educational career
How Los Angeles Unified fire academies build leadership skills for any career
California high school student journalists face censorship, investigations
College students repackage dining hall food waste to feed hungry peers
Educators call for deeper reflection after Cesar Chavez allegations
John Fensterwald on what’s at stake for California schools in the 2026 election
A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students
While other UC’s turn away tens of thousands of qualified students annually, UC Merced faces the opposite challenge. The campus struggles to find students willing to accept its location, surrounded by farmland and pastures where cows often graze. But some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities. Guests: Brian Arroyo, fourth-year mechanical engineering major, UC Merced Michael Burke, reporter, EdSource Read more from EdSource: How UC Merced is trying to attract students after years of slow growth As enrollment flattens at most University of California campuses, it surges at Riverside Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube