
Education Beat
Goodbye, Education Beat
In this final episode, John Fensterwald interviews Zaidee Stavely about the essence of Education Beat, and we share memorable moments from over the years.


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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA 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.
Education Beat is hosted by EdSource. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Goodbye, Education Beat" (27 August 2026, 31 minutes), "The long road to college graduation for one immigrant family" (20 August 2026, 16 minutes), and "Kids and teens turn to AI for emotional support" (13 August 2026, 16 minutes).
Education Beat publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Education Beat is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Education Beat requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Education Beat's contact route on record: verified email.
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Education Beat
In this final episode, John Fensterwald interviews Zaidee Stavely about the essence of Education Beat, and we share memorable moments from over the years.

This episode returns to the Ruiz Gutiérrez family, whose college dreams were temporarily derailed when their dad was forced to remain in Mexico in 2019.

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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.

Some teachers — and principals — are not educated about important aspects of early education, like play, make-believe and help in the bathroom.

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Many professors say more students are arriving to college so poorly prepared that they can't solve middle-school math equations. Is reinstating the SAT the answer?

Award winning episode rebroadcast: Texas offers more bilingual education than California and backs it up with more funding. How did that happen?

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One 9 year-old's deportation triggered a wave of grief and anger among her classmates in West Contra Costa Unified School District.

In a deeply red county in California's far north, a transgender school board member has mostly been received with acceptance and respect.

Step inside a Paso Robles school to learn how inclusive classrooms are supporting students with disabilities and why it matters for both students and districts.

For 27 years, Yolanda Thomas has cared for children from birth to 12 years old. But many parents are now choosing to unenroll their kids at four to attend transitional kindergarten.

As a California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt now offers new degrees and career possibilities for graduates and aims to attract more students.

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Teachers say escalating costs are swallowing their raises, while district leaders say schools can't shoulder the cost as they grapple with declining enrollment.

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At Coachella Valley High School, where Miliani Rodriguez is a senior, the air conditioning often breaks. When it rains, the ceilings leak. So she's suing the state.

Jair Solis became his family's first-ever college graduate, a milestone that had felt out of reach because of the long-lasting fallout from his dad's detention.

Students at four Los Angeles high schools are learning firefighting and emergency medical skills as part of the school district's career and technical education pathways.

The high school student newspaper the Redwood Bark in Larkspur, California has recently faced pushback and censorship from the district administration. And it's not the only one.

Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates.

As schools remove statues and names from buildings, educators raise deeper questions about how schools can confront underlying issues of power, sexism, sexual violence and historical legacy.

EdSource Editor-at-Large John Fensterwald explains how this election could reshape California schools.

Some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities at UC Merced.
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