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Toby Reed, a student at Fremont High School in Oakland, on campus on Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters

Higher Education

College application season is here. So is the struggle to find out if AI wrote students’ essays

by Carolyn Jones and Mikhail Zinshteyn October 12, 2023October 11, 2023

Teachers Michelle Ramos-La Grone and Elsa Cintora work with students in the transitional kindergarten program at Westwood Elementary School in Stockton on Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

Más allá de los crayones: Esto es lo que el Kindergarten de transición de California necesita para tener éxito

by Carolyn Jones October 2, 2023October 5, 2023

Teachers Michelle Ramos-La Grone and Elsa Cintora work with students in the transitional kindergarten program at Westwood Elementary School in Stockton on Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters

Beyond crayons and circle time: What California transitional kindergarten needs to succeed

by Carolyn Jones October 2, 2023September 29, 2023

A stack of books in Sacramento on Sept. 8, 2023.

CalMatters en Español

California rechazaría la prohibición de libros que promulguen los distritos escolares

by Carolyn Jones September 8, 2023September 11, 2023

A stack of books in Sacramento on Sept. 8, 2023.

California pushing back on school book bans

by Carolyn Jones September 8, 2023September 12, 2023

A student holds up a nurse note for Catalina Cisneros, secretary at Loma Vista Elementary School, on the first day of school in Salinas on Aug. 8, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

El creciente ausentismo crónico en las escuelas de California se encuentra en un ‘momento crucial’

by Carolyn Jones September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

A student holds up a nurse note for Catalina Cisneros, secretary at Loma Vista Elementary School, on the first day of school in Salinas on Aug. 8, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

Soaring chronic absenteeism in California schools is at ‘pivotal moment’

by Carolyn Jones September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

People show support for three statewide initiatives: schools to notify parents when their child requests to be treated as transgender, preventing biological boys competing against biological girls and prevent sterilization of children, at a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 28, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

A medida que aumentan las guerras culturales, los funcionarios de California rechazan las políticas conservadoras de la junta escolar

by Carolyn Jones and Alexei Koseff August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

People show support for three statewide initiatives: schools to notify parents when their child requests to be treated as transgender, preventing biological boys competing against biological girls and prevent sterilization of children, at a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 28, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters

As culture wars escalate, California officials push back on conservative school board policies

by Carolyn Jones and Alexei Koseff August 29, 2023August 29, 2023

School food service workers train at the Culinary Institute of America as part of Farm to School, an initiative to provide healthier lunches in California schools, in Napa on Aug. 3, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

CalMatters en Español

Adiós a los hotdogs, bienvenidos los chilaquiles: los almuerzos escolares de California se están volviendo gourmet

by Carolyn Jones August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

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