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A Republican state senator and Gov. Newsom are proposing to push up the annual deadline for releasing California's standardized test scores.
Al Muratsuchi, chairman of the Assembly Education Committee, is seeking to raise pay statewide for teachers and other school workers.
When my son entered kindergarten at our local public school last fall, I never expected I'd have to become an ambassador and advocate.
Reading policies are sweeping statehouses across the U.S., fueled by a report of dramatically improved fourth grade reading.
California students are back in school, but many are still slow to return from the pandemic, forcing districts to try special strategies.
Imagine this scenario: Two students are sick. Both miss five days of school. One student has a family physician.
Rights and protections for transgender students are constantly evolving, as the culture wars play out.
Marcus Foster, the revered superintendent of Oakland Unified in the early 1970s, has been a role model for generations of educators.
Low statewide reading scores have sparked many advocates to call for California to adopt a so-called structured literacy curriculum.
Those of us who work in schools don't need statistics to tell us that our children are in crisis; the research corroborates experiences.
California has been on a dangerous crusade to erode parental rights, misinterpreting state law.
Declining school enrollment seems to be a fact of life in California's TK-12 system. There are few bright spots in the picture.
California residents know winter brings bright-flavored citrus fruits. These fruit trees have been part of S. California for some time.
My name is Jo Boaler. I am a mathematics education professor at Stanford University. I was one of five authors.
Growing up, Lindsey Weatherspoon was used to attending largely Black elementary and middle schools.
Marques and Stacey Gunn have seen their 6th grader daughter Brooklyn's love for reading flourish since joining Wilder's Preparatory Academy.
New enrollment numbers in California point to an uncomfortable truth: California may have too many schools for its student population.
As a teacher in San Jose Unified, Seena Hawley made a point of reading aloud to her fourth and fifth graders every day.
Two legal advocacy groups under the state's education funding formula are calling for significant changes which they say are vital.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature placed an unprecedented 4.1 billion dollar bet on Community Schools last year.