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Between the uncertainty of COVID-19 and recent spikes in inflation, American families are facing mounting economic pressure.
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Between the uncertainty of COVID-19 and recent spikes in inflation, American families are facing mounting economic pressure.
Remedial education at California's community colleges is facing a death blow.
The sponsor of legislation that would have provided $400 million in funds to raise academic achievement of Black students withdrew the plan.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said he would reconvene the Task Force on Early Literacy, begun a year ago.
Falling childhood vaccination rates during the pandemic meant that thousands of students were unable to start the school year on a campus.
The teacher shortage has struck districts in California, but an EdSource survey shows the impacts are nuanced, uneven, and inequitable.
California's community colleges are the best in the U.S., educating over 1.25 million, nearly 70% of whom identify as students of color.
When Mia Truong, 6, started reading and writing in Vietnamese in addition to English, her parents knew they had made the right decision.
A bill awaiting the governor's signature would change California's education code to align with how L.A. Unified pays its school board.
In many parts of the U.S., students returning to school will encounter new laws and regulations aimed at those who identify as LGBTQ+.
California's community colleges are leading the way with a historic reform to end a legacy of gatekeeping that has held students back.
Helpful, but not enough, seems to be the consensus, the report states.
Students at California's public colleges and universities will return this month, welcomed by full classrooms and few COVID requirements.
I'm fortunate to spend most of my time around good food. It's both my job and my passion.
Many California parents moved their children to a new school during the pandemic, with most saying they wanted a different experience.
Los Angeles Unified is focused on academic recovery, as COVID-19 takes a back seat for the district this new school year.
Learning loss, disengagement, anxiety, and depression are soaring among young people, and schools need a radical rethink to address these.
California is making many investments to support literacy development; however, it is not yet clear how these add up comprehensively.
A bill that would have helped school districts open more dual-language immersion programs fizzled in the California State Assembly.
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