Education

The California Supreme Court has blown the legal whistle on schemes by school officials to evade competitive bidding on school construction projects.

Earth Day Op-Ed Contest Winner: 3rd Place More than 100 high school and middle school students across California submitted opinion pieces to CalMatters’ inaugural Earth Day contest. The contest theme was “How have changes in climate impacted your community?” Guest Commentary written by Andrew Zhou Andrew Zhou is a junior at Monta Vista High School in […]

Just 2.5% of California community college students successfully transfer to a university within two years. Fully implementing a 2021 law aiming to reform the transfer system and clean up its convoluted processes could help students shorten their timeline and avoid unnecessary costs.

The online-only community college has made positive steps in the wake of a state audit and legislative criticism.

After the number of homeless students dropped during the early part of the pandemic, experts say the lack of affordable housing is fueling an increase that may continue to escalate.

Marion Joseph battled for years to improve the reading skills of California youngsters through phonics instruction. She died last year but phonics is becoming the state's favored method of overcoming California's literacy crisis.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to tweak the state's program for improving educational outcomes of at-risk students, but his proposal doesn't fix its fundamental flaws.

One of only three anthropology libraries in the country is slated for closure under a planned transformation of the University of California library system. UC Berkeley students, faculty and alumni say the plan is a poor reflection of priorities and worry it would undermine the discipline.

The California Teachers Association has consistently opposed legislation that would require dyslexia screening for all students in early grades. Yet many teachers say early intervention is key to heading off later academic struggles.

A federal judge last year found that the room scans performed by some remote proctoring software are unconstitutional. But some California colleges continue to use the software, which is designed to prevent cheating in online exams.