Education

A new analysis shows the economic and social benefits of our community colleges, and why we need to invest in students.

If California’s leaders want to ban Indigenous knowledge from the classroom, they should at least first learn it.

A company interviewed more than 1,000 adults who were not able to finish college or never got the chance to start. Here’s what they found:

The importance of protecting our teens from harmfully early school start times has not changed and has never been more urgent.

The last thing students need now is less stability, less routine and less predictability – this is not the time for more changes.

Los Angeles Unified has had necessary COVID safety precautions in place since returning to in-person learning in August.

An unusually high number of influential state legislators are retiring or running for higher office. The reasons include a combination of new electoral districts, term limits and political ambition.

The Emergency Broadband Benefit program offers a subsidy each month toward broadband service for eligible households.

Our outdated education system too narrowly defines student success and should move toward a competency-based approach to learning.

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