K-12 Education

New approaches to youth engagement and education are keys to bringing about environmental justice in communities of color.

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.

Our outdated education system too narrowly defines student success and should move toward a competency-based approach to learning.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 19. Equity vs. being “woke” Goodbye, admissions tests to get into the University of California. Hello, social justice concepts in high school math classes. The leaders of the nation’s premier public university system announced Thursday that UC won’t require any admissions tests for undergraduate applicants, a little more than […]

In the push to help more students thrive in science, tech, engineering and math, California is working to change the way its schools teach math. But the suggested new framework has sparked widespread criticism.

California school districts have two choices: Bite the bullet and make budget cuts now, or delay them and face even more painful decisions.

Californians seeking same-day COVID-19 tests for sick kids, infection scares or employers are finding empty shelves and long delays, which could fuel outbreaks.

California needs to reexamine policies that prevent retired teachers from returning as substitutes within their first six months of retirement.

Long underpaid and underappreciated, substitute teachers are key to keeping schools open this year. But a shortage of subs has created another layer of chaos to this pandemic school year.