K-12 education

More than half of the state's students are below grade level in English language arts. Many experts say one of the main reasons why is how reading is taught.

Learning loss during the pandemic hit California's low-income students hardest. An agreement requires the state to focus spending there.

Californians infected with COVID-19 may go about their lives without isolating or testing negative as long as their symptoms are improving, according to new and significantly loosened guidelines from the California Department of Public Health.  California’s top public health official, Dr. Tomás Aragón, last week quietly rescinded the state’s previous order, which encouraged people infected […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's new budget and the Legislature's budget analyst have widely differing estimates of the state's revenues and deficit. That means they also diverge on how much money should go to the state's schools.

A new scorecard gives California low marks when it comes to the wellbeing of its youth, and calls for spending billions of extra dollars to improve their outlook.

Emery Unified took a targeted approach, including paying teachers extra to stay after school and tutor students.

Public schools are having mixed success recovering from COVID learning loss, while being in the center of political fights over LGBTQ rights.

California publishes a "dashboard" that grades schools on a variety of factors, but it can obscure the continuing failure of the state's K-12 system to help students meet key academic standards.

A proponent of a ballot initiative that would make personal finance a graduation requirement for California high schools says the courses would enhance, not detract from, core subjects.

A new study found that spending $53 million on upgrading the reading skills of third graders had a positive effect. It's a lesson that politicians should heed.