Claudia Hampton deftly navigated board politics, a recent book argues, using her wits to advocate on behalf of low-income ...

California issued fewer K-12 teaching credentials for a second year in a row and fewer students enrolled in teacher preparation programs during the 2022-23 school year, exacerbating the state’s ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order today ordering state agencies to investigate the health impacts of ultra-processed foods and synthetic food dyes, and to increase access to ...

The California Lottery raised more than $2.25 billion for the state’s public schools in 2024, bringing to $46 billion the ...

This year California schools will be required to teach students about the dangers of alcohol use.

The new laws expand state laws that were meant to protect child performers. Senate Bill 764 and Assembly Bill 1880 require ...

In literacy, the United States’ mean score was relatively close to the average; and numeracy sores were below the average.

“Jimmy Carter was a man of faith and integrity,” Dan Horn, the president and principal of St. Genevieve Parish Schools, told the Los Angeles Daily News. “They loved our school, especially our ...

EdSource’s “Education Beat” podcast gets to the heart of California schools by highlighting stories from our reporters with voices of teachers, parents and students. Here are 10 of our favorite ...

This week we’re re-running an episode from 2023, that won several awards this year, including a 1st place in immigration reporting and one of the best podcasts in the state from the California News ...

Transitional kindergarten is a publicly funded pre-kindergarten year for California students who turn 5 in the first few months of the school year. Elementary schools are required to offer ...

California has embarked on a massive undertaking to convert several thousand schools in low-income neighborhoods into centers of community life and providers of vital services for families as well as ...