K-12 Education

Despite Trump’s plans, federal funding is a small part of California’s education budget and the state oversees curriculum.

Many California students are still behind pre-pandemic progress in math and reading, a new study shows. But Compton students bucked the trend.

School officials are scrambling to find an alternate site for its campus while trying to support families, nearly half of whom lost their homes in the fire.

Culture war issues such as racial discrimination, LGBTQ rights and partisan politics have been lightning rods for controversy at public school board meetings in the Inland Empire in recent years.  In 2023, parents, students and teachers sued Temecula Valley Unified School District over its policies to ban teaching of critical race theory and require teachers to inform parents if students […]

Some schools destroyed years ago in the Sonoma and Butte fires are just now reopening. The long, expensive process of rebuilding in LA may eat up much of the money voters approved in November for school repairs statewide.

Nationally representative survey data from The Center for Democracy & Technology finds schools subjectively and broadly block students from information online.

Much of the attachment to the U.S. Department of Education is misplaced, argues a California policy advocate and former state superintendent candidate.

Federal funding for rural schools goes to 39 California counties. School districts in those communities consider the money a lifeline.

California needs 5,600 more auto technicians to meet the current demand. A dual credit program in Los Angeles County is training students at car dealerships, providing much more than apprenticeship-style training and wages.

California legislators want to limit deportation actions at schools, but they can’t ban immigration officials.