Education

A proposal to strengthen school spending transparency is among the few education bills that have survived a legislative session upended by the pandemic.

Grading policies at California public schools have changed as a result of the coronavirus. How they've changed depends on the district.

Officials at Butte College gathered one fall Wednesday in 2018 for a tabletop exercise in disaster planning. As California’s fire seasons had become more deadly, utilities were threatening to shut off power as a way of preventing downed lines from igniting blazes. Other catastrophes, such as school shootings, were also on officials’ minds. Administrators at […]

Lee este artículo en español. Before the coronavirus, Katie Self’s days followed a predictable routine.  At 5:00 a.m., she woke up her three children and got them ready for school.  By 7:00 a.m., Self was hitting the books at Fresno City College, where she was studying to be a radiology technician. Classes and tutoring wrapped up […]

California could reopen for an earlier school year, perhaps as soon as late July, to make up for lost learning time. Some retailers and manufacturers may be able to reopen in a matter of weeks — provided they take safety precautions.

CalMatters talks to three California teachers who are at the forefront of leading remote instruction.

California schools’ pandemic responses have varied, but those that got earlier starts to distance learning said it was the result of years of preparation.

It costs a lot to keep a university running, and students aren’t sure if they want to pay full tuition for classes taught remotely. That combination could prove the undoing of some private colleges.

Just a month ago, picket lines surrounded the base of the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, the halls of buildings filled with chants like “My neck, my back, the UC is wack.”  The graduate student strike calling for a cost of living adjustment started in Santa Cruz but quickly sparked solidarity actions at […]

Parents across the state have had very different experiences when it comes to communication from their children’s school. Wealth inequality appears to be a major factor.