Education

California uses federal dollars intended to help students train for better jobs, but the money often goes to for-profit schools — even some under investigation.

California officials have warned students for years that for-profit schools may make misleading career claims — leaving them with "a mountain of debt" but no job. Still, many for-profit schools remain on the state’s list of recommended job training programs.

Some California agencies are offering incentives and hosting workshops for school districts that want to build affordable housing for teachers.

The University of California’s student government wants every campus to have a collegiate recovery program, which offer support groups and other tools to help students battle addiction. Right now half of the campuses have them.

Educators can learn caution from AI mistakes in Los Angeles and San Diego. But they also face pressure to adopt the technology quickly.

The overall number of 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten has increased. But as the program is being phased in, the percentage of eligible children enrolling has dropped.

In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.

During early COVID lockdowns, a teen worked with his family to raise $1.8 million in venture funding and built a web filter with a team of data scientists and psychologists that he now hopes will help students safely surf the web.

Changes are underway one year after scathing audits showed how the California State University system failed to handle reports of sexual discrimination, harassment and assault in its Title IX offices.

University of California’s Board of Regents is a step closer to requiring that statements of academic departments appear on separate webpages rather than on departmental homepages. Interest in the issue swelled as professors and students debated the war in Gaza.