Education

The backs of two students are seen walking through a pathway lined with trees and palm trees at the San Diego State campus.

Higher Education

More California high school seniors applied for college financial aid this year than last

About 340,000 California students completed a financial aid application, up about 11% over last year.

By Mikhail Zinshteyn • September 15, 2025

A person, wearing a green hijab and blouse with a long black skirt, uses a bucket and a ring device to release bubbles to a group of children playing nearby.

Education

Judge pauses Trump policy cutting off schools, shelters to certain immigrants

A U.S. district judge issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily pausing a series of federal policies aimed at restricting certain immigrants’ access to public benefits and programs.

By Adam Echelman • September 10, 2025

Students, some sitting and some standing, write on individual pieces of paper while they work on an assignment inside a classroom. The room is decorates with hand-drawn paper butterflies and multi-colored round laterns.

K-12 Education

Seven years after California’s deadliest fire, schools — and kids — are still recovering

One of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, the Camp Fire is among the many natural disasters that have upended student learning over the past decade.

By Carolyn Jones, Megan Tagami and Sharon Lurye • September 10, 2025

A lower-body view of students walking down a path with yellow and red lines at a school.

K-12 Education

‘Something can be done about this’: New plan aims to stop sex abuse in California schools

A new bill would give officials more tools to identify and combat sexual abuse and educate students to better identify the most common signs of grooming behavior.

By Matt Drange • September 8, 2025

A close-up view of a student leaning down to look at a set of beakers with yellow and blue liquid as part of a science experiment during a class.

K-12 Education

California changed the way it teaches science. But test scores remain low

Nearly a decade after California revamped its K-12 science curriculum, two-thirds of students failed to meet the statewide standard.

By Carolyn Jones • September 5, 2025

Three students sit at a dining table inside a home while they look at laptops in front of them. One student, with dark hair, can be seen staring at their laptop while their right arm rest on their right cheek.

K-12 Education

These parents sued LA Unified over remote learning. How the settlement will benefit students

The settlement affects about 250,000 students, who will get access to one-on-one tutoring and other services.

By Carolyn Jones • September 3, 2025

A U.S. Border Patrol officer in a green uniform and cap walks near vehicles at a border crossing, while a group of people, including children, stand in a line beside a white van. A tall border fence runs along the hill in the background.

Higher Education

Immigration agents signed up to recruit at a California university. Then the protests started

Social media swirled with rumors that ICE would be among the employers at the job fair, something the campus said is not true. Still, the campus postponed the event over concerns about Customs and Border Protection’s participation.

By Mikhail Zinshteyn • August 28, 2025

In a colorful classroom, two children dressed in playful outfits stand beside an adult who is seated and holding an open picture book titled Quick as a Cricket. The children look at the book with interest as the adult reads to them. Behind them, classroom decorations include a poster showing the life cycle of a frog, tanks with small animals or classroom pets, and various educational materials on the walls. In the foreground, blurred wooden play items sit on a table.

K-12 Education

Considering TK for your child? Take a peek inside one ideal classroom scenario

This fall at least 200,000 California students are expected to enroll in transitional kindergarten, which serves as a bridge between preschool and kindergarten.

By Carolyn Jones • August 18, 2025

A person stands indoors pointing to a section of a large academic poster titled “Expectation to Guarantee: Bounding Welfare in Randomized Auctions.” The poster contains mathematical formulas, graphs, and text. The individual wears a dark shirt and is explaining or presenting the material. In the background, a framed black-and-white photograph hangs on the wall above a white woven basket.

Higher Education

California invested millions pushing these careers for women. The results are disappointing

Women continue to lag behind men in certain science, technology, engineering and math programs.

By Adam Echelman • August 15, 2025

A person, wearing a black mask and sunglasses holds a cardboard sign that says "FUND SCIENCE!" on it while they march next to other protesters

Education

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants

The administration terminated the grants over alleged DEI violations. University of California attorneys argued the suspensions were arbitrary and capricious.

By Mikhail Zinshteyn • August 12, 2025