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Recognizing Fake News Now a Required Subject in California Schools

Carolyn Jones

California Celebrates Its Linguistic Diversity While Shortchanging Bilingual Ed

Conor P. Williams

Q&A: LA School Board Member Nick Melvoin Talks About His Congressional Run

Katie VanArnam

California Teachers Association Continues to Lose Members and Raise Union Dues

Mike Antonucci

Computer Science Teacher Shortage Puts CA Near Bottom of U.S. Instruction Ranking

Carolyn Jones

Survey: AI is Here, but Only California and Oregon Guide Schools on its Use

Greg Toppo

 LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Visits Homes of Chronically Absent Students

Erick Trevino

In Los Angeles, a Tiny School Lets Young People Direct Their Own Education

Kerry McDonald

What California Transitional Kindergarten Needs to Succeed

Carolyn Jones

WATCH: California Teen’s App Is Inspiring Girls & Young Women to Go Into STEM

Jim Fields

A Degree Without Classes & Lectures? California Community Colleges Try New Approach

Adam Echelman

Soaring Chronic Absenteeism in California Schools is at ‘Pivotal Moment’

Carolyn Jones

Starting School Before Age 2 Helps Children Avoid Achievement Gaps, Study Finds

Linda Jacobson

Hit the Snooze Button: States Debate Later High School Start Times

Elaine S. Povich

End of Pell Grant Ban Clears the Way for New Wave of Prison Education Programs

Wayne D’Orio

Enrollment Continues to Decline in LAUSD, a Trend Many Large Public School Districts are Also Experiencing

Nova Blanco-Rico & Balin Schneider

Outraged Over Admissions Policies at Harvard? Take a Look at the Public Schools

Tim DeRoche

How Many Cal State Employees are Accused of Sexual Harassment? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Goodbye Hotdogs, Hello Vegan Masala: California’s School Lunches Are Going Gourmet

Carolyn Jones

How Many Start Teacher Training — & How Many Finish? The Numbers Are Disturbing

Susan Kemper Patrick

Back to School: 6 Tips From Students on How to Make High School Relevant

Beth Fertig

10 Cool & Powerful Ways to Inspire Teens to Self-Start, Learn in the Real World

Beth Fertig & Edward Montalvo

Schools Are Now the Leading Target for Cyber Gangs as Ransom Payments Encourage Attacks

Mark Keierleber

California Wine Region ‘Growing Futures’ By Turning Vineyards Into Classrooms

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

A ‘Constitutional Right’ to a High-Quality Education?

Joe Hong

Analysis: State Laws Leave Schools Unprepared for a Post-COVID ‘Fiscal Cliff’

Linda Jacobson

LAUSD Moves Forward With Revamped Math and Reading Intervention Program

Will Callan

California Sees 9% Jump in Homeless Students

Joe Hong & Erica Yee

Schools in Poorer Neighborhoods Struggle to Keep Teachers. How Offering Them More Power Might Help

Joe Hong

George Clooney Champions a Los Angeles HS Connecting Classes to Hollywood Jobs

Linda Jacobson

Why the ‘Science of Reading’ May be the Next Dyslexia Battleground in California

Joe Hong

From CA to MA, What Teachers Unions Have Been Doing in Statehouses Nationwide

Mike Antonucci

Many California Youth Justice System Students Graduate with Grade-School Reading Skills

Betty Márquez Rosales & Daniel J. Willis

LA Looks to Expand Popular Math Program Without Clear Evidence of Effectiveness

Will Callan

Pre-K Enrollment Nearly Bounces Back From Pandemic Amid Push for Universal Access

Linda Jacobson

Q&A: LAUSD Student’s Journey to 2023 California Student Journalist of the Year

Bryan Sarabia

Exclusive: As Post-Pandemic Enrollment Lags, Schools Compete for Fewer Students

Linda Jacobson

California Teen, a ‘16 Under 16 in STEM’, Gets a Big Surprise on The Kelly Clarkson Show

The 74

Undocumented Students Qualify For Financial Aid in California. Why Aren’t More of Them Using it?

Carmen González

The Pandemic’s Virtual Learning is Now a Permanent Fixture of America’s Schools

Conor P. Williams

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E14: How to Design a College Alternative

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Public-Sector Hiring Boomed Post-COVID. Union Membership Nationwide Did Not

Mike Antonucci

In California, ‘Slow and Steady’ Is Winning With a Tougher Science Curriculum

Nicole DiRanna

Class Disrupted: When Students Help Direct What They’re Taught in School

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Los Angeles Schools Look to Confront Dire Chronic Absenteeism Numbers

LeeAnna Villarreal

Why California Schools Are Adding Hundreds of Ethnic Studies Classes

Megan Tagami

Q&A: Rocketship Schools Co-Founder Reflects on 15 Years of Empowering Parents

Richard Whitmire

Free Textbooks? It Could Soon Be a Reality at California’s Community Colleges

Alyssa Story & Carmen González

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber

In New Graphic Novel, Pandemic Scatters a Vulnerable School Community

Greg Toppo

Momentum Builds for Helping Students Adapt to College by Nixing Freshman Grades

Jon Marcus

Despite Union Opposition, Many California Teachers Support Dyslexia Screening For All Students

Joe Hong

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E11: Scaling the New, Sunsetting the Old

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Minneapolis Schools in Brazen New Threat

Mark Keierleber

16 Under 16: Where Are The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers Now?

Emmeline Zhao

L.A. Schools Admits Sensitive Student Records Leaked After 74 Investigation

The 74

Trove of L.A. Students’ Mental Health Records Posted to Dark Web After Cyber Hack

Mark Keierleber

1.3 Million Los Angeles Students Could Soon Access Free Teletherapy

Marianna McMurdock

California Teenager Makes History By Sequencing Genome of His Pet Fish

The 74

Equity Builder or Racial Barrier: Debate Rages Over Role of 8th-Grade Algebra

Jo Napolitano

Stockton School Officials Could Face Criminal Charges After Blistering Audit

Linda Jacobson

Watch: A California Teen’s Research Experiment Is Now Saving the Lives of Bees

The 74

Stockton, CA: What Happens When a Dysfunctional District Gets $241 Million

Linda Jacobson

California Teachers Union Lost Members at 587 of 995 Affiliates Since 2019

Mike Antonucci

Scores Show ‘Personalized Learning’ Schools in CA Kept Kids on Track Amid COVID

Paul Keefer

‘Nail in the Coffin’: LAUSD Parents and Employees Predict Disaster if Workers Strike

Will Callan

Case Study: CA District’s Grow-Your-Own Residency Targets Teacher Diversity

Beth Holland & Violet Ford

Arts Education Program Increases School Engagement, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Pandemic Catch Up: What Will it Take for Left-Behind Students to Learn to Read?

Joe Hong

‘Heroes to Zeroes’: L.A. School Staff Plans Strike Vote

Linda Jacobson

16 Under 16 in STEM: California Teen Harnesses His Anxiety for the Greater Good

The 74

Is Your CA District Ready to Fix Learning Loss? New Database Has Some Answers

Arun K. Ramanathan

Schools Scramble to Find Teachers as CA Expands Transitional Kindergarten

Elizabeth Aguilera

LAUSD’s Test Scores Reveal Large Drops For Latino & Female Students

Joshua Bay

Early Results Show Union’s Favored School Board Candidates Win Big in California

Mike Antonucci

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Incumbent California Schools Chief Wins Overwhelming Support for Second Term

Marianna McMurdock

California Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Prop 28 For Arts and Music Education

Joshua Bay

Despite COVID Backlash, Thurmond Sails Toward Second Term as CA Schools Chief

Kevin Mahnken

California Teachers Unions Spending At Least $2.8 Million on 2022 Board Races

Mike Antonucci

$800 Million for CA Arts Ed & 7 Other Big School Propositions on Midterm Ballots

Linda Jacobson

PACs Get Attention, but Teachers Unions Still Dominate School Board Elections

Mike Antonucci

Leaving Los Angeles: These 10 LAUSD Schools Lost the Most Students During COVID

Cari Spencer

Open Collective Bargaining — Something Everyone Can Agree On?

Mike Antonucci

Oakland Parents Want a Seat at the Table in Negotiations with Teachers Union

Julia McEvoy

LA Parents Sound Off After Cyberattack Leaves Students Vulnerable

Joshua Bay

Union’s Survey About Why Teachers Leave Has Flaws, But Hints at Why They Stay

Mike Antonucci

Los Angeles Skilled Trades Program Mixes Summer Jobs and Training All in One

Patrick O’Donnell

LA District Downplays Student Harm After Cyber Gang Posts Sensitive Data Online

Mark Keierleber

California Poll Finds Parents Leaving Traditional Public For Charter Schools

Joshua Bay

LA Schools and the Mystery of the Missing Ransom Note

Mark Keierleber

California Implements Later School Start Time, Other States Considering

Jasmine De Leon

Why I Had To Leave The Community I Loved To Find the School That Served My Needs

Devin Walton

Educator’s View: How My School’s Care Corps Helps Our Students and Community

Maricela Guerrero

LA Students’ Digital Divide: Advocates Fear LAUSD-AT&T Wi-Fi Plan Won’t Be Enough

Veronica Sierra

After Huge Illuminate Data Breach, Ed Tech’s ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ Under Fire

Mark Keierleber

Two Surprising Runoffs Likely in L.A. School Board Elections

Rebecca Katz

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock

Amid Literacy Crisis, CA Ed Chief Rejects Phonics-Driven Approach to Reading

Linda Jacobson

Leader’s View: Why I Stepped Down from the Oakland Unified School District Board

Shanthi Gonzales
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