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Karen D’Souza
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Staff Writer at EdSource.org, film & theater critic at Mercury News, culture vulture
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Schools across California report that parents and students have been detained or deported. In the aftermath, teachers are trying to help.
Trauma, upheaval, fear: Students and families caught in the crosshairs of immigration enforcement
Schools across California report that parents and students have been detained or deported. In the aftermath, teachers are trying to help.
edsource.org
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Salmon season has been canceled. Dungeness crab season is shorter. So fishermen are fighting for what might be the last lucrative catch in California, if tariffs don’t stop them.
California’s fishermen are struggling. Is this tiny catch their last big chance?
Salmon season has been canceled. Dungeness crab season is shorter. So fishermen are fighting for what might be the last lucrative catch in California, if tariffs don’t stop them.
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June 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Berkeley High School's Future Filmmakers program mentors teens in documentary filmmaking, culminating in a sold-out festival. Nico Lee's short film, "Changing Shapes," explores masculinity and identity, reflecting the program's focus on real-world readiness and pride in work.
Film program empowers Berkeley teens to tell their stories
Hands-on learning is the heart of this immersive documentary project, which culminated in a sold-out film festival at Berkeley’s Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
edsource.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Hands-on learning is the heart of this immersive documentary project, which culminated in a sold-out film festival at Berkeley’s Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
Film program empowers Berkeley teens to tell their stories
Hands-on learning is the heart of this immersive documentary project, which culminated in a sold-out film festival at Berkeley’s Rialto Cinemas Elmwood.
www.berkeleyside.org
June 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Someone at SNL is frantically measuring Walton Goggins for a pope costume as we speak.
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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So what? The literary world is always in the first detonation blast zone. Run towards the searing light. You don't want to live in the world without the arts. Become a writer.
May 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.

Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Sixteen California counties have fallen below the herd immunity marker against measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, amid a sprawling outbreak.
Amid deadly measles outbreak, California’s childhood vaccination rates are falling
While California's childhood immunization rates remain higher than the rest of the nation, 16 counties now fall below the threshold for herd immunity against measles.
edsource.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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My (and @karendsouza.bsky.social’s) (let’s be honest, it’s been a rough couple weeks, mostly Karen’s) latest from EdSource! It’s not cheerful.
April 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The In-Between: Intimate and Candid Moments of Broadway Stars photographed by Jenny Anderson

Is that Sarah Paulson brushing her teeth in her dressing room at the Belasco, during the run of the play “Appropriate?” It’s one of some one hundred black-and-white photographs that Jenny Anderson has…
The In-Between: Intimate and Candid Moments of Broadway Stars photographed by Jenny Anderson
Is that Sarah Paulson brushing her teeth in her dressing room at the Belasco, during the run of the play “Appropriate?” It’s one of some one hundred black-and-white photographs that Jenny Anderson has taken over the past 17 years backstage – during the moments “before a show begins” – that are collected in "The In-Between" (Applause, 144 pages.) Anderson has been a theater lover “since my memories began,” she writes in a short preface. But if she’s loved watching the actors on stage, “I loved the world backstage more," starting at the age of seven, when she hung out in the wings while her mother was performing in a production of “Annie” in her native Mississippi.
newyorktheater.me
March 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Many hope that parental empowerment will remain robust even as the Covid years recede into memory. They are optimistic that families will continue to push for more transparency about academic standards and practices in the wake of falling test scores.

Learn more: bit.ly/4kY7AJc
March 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I wrote about my kind, funny childhood friend Michelle Trachtenberg, and the group of friends that saved my life when I was a kid.

www.vulture.com/article/mara...
My Cool Friend Michelle
Other kids called Trachtenberg a bitch, but in our group of child stars, we all wanted to be like her.
www.vulture.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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“There are now so many barriers restricting play... As a result, children are spending less time outdoors than previous generations, less time socialising with friends, and less time playing." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Children playing outside far less amid ‘no ball games’ culture, study shows
Researchers also warned of the growing dominance of smartphones, social media and gaming
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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If you're affected by the DOE OCR closure in SF, or the DOE layoffs in California, or anything that affects education in the state, @edsource.org (specifically Emma) wants to hear from you! That number is also how to get in touch with her via Signal.
March 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I am such a fan of #LeahNanakoWinkler, a playwright with some big upcoming projects.
I'm honored to sit on this committee for the 4th year along with Jean Schiffman, @lilyjaniak.bsky.social @karendsouza.bsky.social & @enkohl.bsky.social. Congrats Leah! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Leah Nanako Winkler’s ‘Thirty-Six’ wins Will Glickman Award for best new play in Bay Area
The romantic dramedy, which Shotgun Players premiered, gets its title from a 2015 New York Times article headlined “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love.”
www.sfchronicle.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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AOL warned us of the dangers of logging on. It would play for us the screams of the damned. But we didn’t listen. We didn’t listen.
February 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.

This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.

(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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PODCAST: Is LAUSD misusing its money for arts education?

Guest Vicky Martinez says her children need a robust arts education in the wake of the pandemic, but LAUSD isn’t providing that.

Special thanks to @mallikaseshadri.bsky.social and @karendsouza.bsky.social

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PODCAST: Is LAUSD misusing its money for arts education?
Parents joined a lawsuit against LAUSD and superintendent Alberto Carvalho, claiming that the district was misusing its Proposition 28 funds.
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February 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Nearly 40% of new US homes were built in climate high-risk zip codes at the end of 2024. www.ft.com/content/f8c0...
February 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Stanley Zhong had a 4.42 GPA from prestigious Gunn High School and a near perfect SAT score, 1590 out of 1600. He also founded his own tech startup and tutored low-income kids in coding. The Palo Alto teen was so impressive that he was hired by Google right out of high school.
UPDATE: Bay Area teen rejected by 16 colleges files racial discrimination lawsuit against UC
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM