The Rise of E-Sports
Meet an award-winning E-Sports team in Fullerton, and discover why this new sport is taking off in schools. Visit a farm in Fresno that is providing farm-to-fork food to local schools. Meet a Crossing Guard in Mendocino County with a passion for her job. Discover how one-on-one coaching is helping high schoolers in the Bay Area attain their college dreams.
Inside California Education brings compelling stories from all over the Golden State about California’s complex, evolving, and innovative public education system. It focuses on how public education’s challenges, opportunities, and successes impact students, parents, teachers, administrators, policymakers and others. Stories range from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade, and include special education, adult education, vocational training, local funding issues, and groundbreaking new education programs. It also profiles some of the heroes making a daily difference in the lives of California’s six million public school students.
For more information about Inside California Education visit insidecaled.org. If you have a comment or show idea for Inside California Education, contact Christina Salerno.
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California Association of School Business Officials, California Teachers Association, California State PTA, California Federation of Teachers, School Services of California Inc., Association of California School Administrators, Capitol Advisors Group, LLC, California School Employees Association, Schools Insurance Authority for Kids, California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators, CPS-HR Consulting, Ball/Frost Group, LLC, College Board
Inside California Education Episodes

Community Colleges – Training Students for the Front Lines
S4 Ep8 | 26m 46s
Community college students learn how to work on the front lines.

Community Colleges – Teaching Zoo
S4 Ep7 | 26m 46s
Step inside a unique zoo in Southern California run by community college students.

Community Colleges – Aspiring Entrepreneurs
S4 Ep6 | 26m 46s
Meet aspiring entrepreneurs learning how to pitch their product and app ideas.

Community Colleges – Taking to the Stage
S4 Ep5 | 26m 46s
Social justice issues take center stage at this South Central LA community college theater

S4 Ep4 | 26m 46s
Discover how teachers weave social emotional learning into academic subjects and more.

S4 Ep3 | 26m 46s
Monterey Bay Aquarium, School Employees, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, My Masterpieces.

S3 Ep2 | 26m 46s
Reaching for the Stars, College Headed and Mighty Proud, Schools of the Future, USS Lucid

S3 Ep3 | 26m 46s
No One Eats Alone, Teacher of the Year, Connecting College and Career, Aerospace Museum

S3 Ep4 | 26m 46s
Teaching Great Teachers. Student School Board Member, Music Blitz, Student Voices Campaign

S3 Ep6 | 26m 46s
Paradise Schools – The Road to Recovery, A Small Learning Community, Science in the Field

S3 Ep8 | 26m 46s
Cabrillo High School Aquarium, Educating Detained Youth, Day in the Life, Budget Crisis

Community Colleges – Workforce Training
S3 Ep10 | 26m 46s
HireLAX, firefighting academy, biotechnology workers, agriculture careers.

Community Colleges – A Higher Education
S3 Ep11 | 26m 46s
4-year degrees, ranch management, first-generation students, theater, urban farming

Community Colleges – Exploring Careers
S3 Ep12 | 26m 46s
Nursing careers, wine careers, electric car careers, transfers, aviation careers

S3 Ep9 | 26m 45s
Explore learning at home through the eyes of students, parents, teachers, and experts.

Community Colleges: Learning and Helping During the Pandemic
S3 Ep13 | 26m 46s
California’s community colleges are still teaching students and enabling them to help.
Inside California Education Extras

Making Waves – Reaching a College Dream
S4 Ep12 | 6m 9s
Discover how one-on-one coaching is helping high schoolers reach their college dreams.

Day in the Life – Crossing Guard
S4 Ep12 | 3m 31s
Meet a Crossing Guard in Mendocino County with a passion for her job helping students.

Farm-to-School – Growing Food for Schools
S4 Ep12 | 6m 44s
Learn about the new Farm-to-School movement in Fresno.

The Gamer Generation – The Rise of E-Sports
S4 Ep12 | 5m 41s
Meet an award-winning E-Sports team in Fullerton.

Growing Pilots in the Fruit Basket of the World
S4 Ep11 | 5m 34s
Boeing partners with the Central Valley town of Reedley in an effort to inspire kids.

Day in the Life – Paraeducator
S4 Ep11 | 4m 9s
See what a “day in the life” is like for a longtime paraeducator in Palo Alto.

Making History – All-Latina Speech and Debate Team
S4 Ep11 | 6m 2s
An all-Latina speech and debate team from Santa Ana makes history.

Wellness Centers – A Place for Students
S4 Ep11 | 6m 4s
Go inside a new “Wellness Center” at a San Jose high school.

A Day in the Life – Family Liaison
S4 Ep10 | 3m 40s
Meet a family community liaison in Mendocino County who helps bridge the gap.

Migrant Education – A Day at the River
S4 Ep10 | 5m 48s
Take a stroll along the Merced River with students who are children of migrant workers.

Filling the Bus Driver Shortage
S4 Ep10 | 5m 37s
Discover what it takes to learn how to drive a school bus in Rocklin.

Exploring Careers in Robotics, Distribution and Logistics
S4 Ep10 | 6m 41s
Go inside a brand-new career technical education center in Bakersfield.

Day in the Life – Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher
S4 Ep9 | 3m 59s
Meet a teacher in a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program in Solano County.

Dancing into Academics – Learning Step by Step
S3 Ep1 | 6m 13s
See how a dance program is inspiring students in Los Angeles.

S3 Ep1 | 6m 59s
Discover how the running program 10K With a Cop is building trust between kids and cops.

Charged – America’s Largest Electric School Bus Fleet
S3 Ep1 | 4m 34s
Hop aboard an electric school bus in Sacramento.

Workability – A New Path Into the Workforce
S3 Ep1 | 4m 43s
Meet students with disabilities transitioning from the classroom to the workplace.

SPARQ Center: Reaching for the Stars
S3 Ep2 | 6m 33s
Visit the SPARQ Center, where students learn at one of the only school planetariums.

CHAMP: College Headed and Mighty Proud
S3 Ep2 | 5m 34s
Join a group of fourth graders as they tour a college campus in Southern California.

Building Schools of the Future: What Does it Take?
S3 Ep2 | 4m 29s
See what it takes to build a school of the future in Woodland.

USS Lucid: Restoring the Past, Building a Future
S3 Ep2 | 6m 5s
Step aboard an old naval warship docked in Stockton that’s being restored by at-risk youth

Linked Learning – Connecting College and Career
S3 Ep3 | 6m 28s
Visit a high school in Porterville that offers students real-world opportunities.

Aerospace Museum – Knowledge Takes Flight
S3 Ep3 | 4m 33s
Join a school field trip as they tour a STEM-focused aerospace museum in Sacramento.

Teaching Great Teachers – A Day at the Zoo
S3 Ep4 | 6m 29s
Teachers gain inspiration from other teachers during a gathering at the Fresno Zoo.