California School District News

California's new education governance model should provide oversight to ensure schools actually provide students with disabilities the support and structure they need to thrive.

The Department of Justice accused UCLA’s law school of discriminating against white and Asian applicants and favoring Black and Latino applicants in 2023, 2024 and 2025, violating federal law, reported The Associated...

The Supreme Court is set to take up at least two cases regarding K-12 education in the term that begins next week, according to K-12 Dive. One case, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, involves whether Catholic preschools...

California school administrators are preparing for potentially devastating weather and infrastructure damage caused by a massive El Niño event, which is expected to bring intense storms and flooding to both inland and...

Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton clashed over education policy, taxation and vaccine mandates during a CNN gubernatorial debate ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

The quintessential childhood milestone of learning how to ride a bike is moving from driveways and sidewalks and into P.E. classes, The Associated Press reported. It’s part of All Kids Bike, a nonprofit program that has...

A school board candidate in Santa Cruz County is facing felony charges of perjury and filing a false affidavit for allegedly turning in campaign paperwork to run for a seat representing a district in which he does not...

When kids start attending school, the youngest tend to get sick their first year. Some may have a tough time adjusting to a new school routine. Some parents may believe missing the day’s lesson isn’t that big of a deal,...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that will change California’s formula for allocating career technical education funds, ensuring all money gets distributed to school districts. Up until this school year, the...

Kindergartners will be screened for math skills, and many English learners will be reclassified as fluent under new laws signed by Gov. Newsom.

Discussing what is and isn’t working in TK, panelists talked about the continuing need for enough play in learning, more people in the classrooms and appropriate facilities.

More California high school students are taking the SAT standardized exams, even as the state’s two public university systems — University of California and California State University — no longer require them for...

The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) has joined a lawsuit by the California Teachers Association claiming that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature illegally withheld billions in state funds earmarked for TK-12...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed legislation that sets in motion the creation of the Seal of Climate Literacy, which will encourage and reward students for studying climate science and engaging in research and...

Caltech undergrads organized a math competition sponsored by AI companies, prompting global backlash from mathematicians. Instead, students redesigned the event to help answer the question of what role AI should play in...

Substitute teachers with an emergency credential will be able to work in a single classroom in a California K-12 school for up to 70 days, instead of the 60 formerly permitted. Assembly Bill 2490, signed by Gov. Gavin...

California youth football leagues will now be required to allow young players to wear soft-shelled helmet covers if their parents request the additional safety equipment. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation...

California students learning English will have a simpler path to prove their language proficiency under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Currently, in order for students who speak a language other than...

California parents who can’t meet with their children’s teachers in person will have the right to participate by phone or video conference under new legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.  Beginning Jan. 1,...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that will allow California youths ages 16 and 17 to obtain a public library card without a parent being present. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2028. The bill is meant to...

My research team from the Understanding America Study at the University of Southern California recently asked parents of school-aged children to upload a snapshot of their kids’ school attendance record from last year...

The California Teachers Association is working to pass Proposition 3, a November ballot initiative that would preserve a state income tax. The CTA’s strategy: teachers canvassing door-to-door.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation will require schools to assess the math capabilities of students in kindergarten through second grade. Senate Bill 1067 is intended to prevent achievement gaps in the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Sunday a bill that would make more funding for arts teachers accessible to schools, the Los Angeles Times reported.  Assembly Bill 2440 was designed to urge school districts to use...

The U.S. Department of Education announced that it has rescinded protections for LGBTQ+ students under Title IX, The Hill reported.  Under the Biden administration, interpretations of Title IX gave protections to...

Here's where California superintendent of public instruction candidates Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera stand on major education issues.

Los Angeles Unified School District is working to make meals more available to students, with about 13.3 million breakfasts, lunches and dinners served so far this school year.

The California School Boards Association filed a second lawsuit this week against the state, claiming that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature illegally withheld $3.9 billion from school districts and community...

One-parent families make up 75% of California children enrolled in programs that rely on federal childcare funding, according to a brief published Thursday by the California Budget & Policy Center. They could be...

Stanford University has issued an apology after altering a Latino student’s image in a photo and replacing him with an African-American woman on a promotional banner, reported the Los Angeles Times. The original photo,...

Oakland Unified’s school board voted Wednesday to approve a new policy restricting screen time for students, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Unified. As reported by The Oaklandside, the new policy will go into...

The Fresno State Foundation has appointed newcomers and implemented term limits after ousting five longstanding members and the resignation of three others, The Fresno Bee reported. Operating as a nonprofit independent...

Evaluations should be a routine part of implementing major new education programs to ensure Californians are reaping the full expected benefits.

A flurry of immigration enforcement steps away from schools in California’s second-largest city has sparked outrage among educators and local officials.

The Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education to cut bureaucracy have instead made the agency’s work more complex and potentially inefficient, five department employees told NPR....

A former California education secretary is seeking a court order to unseal records from a state audit into the Val Verde Unified School District’s partnership with a Chinese boarding school, alleging Riverside County...

As California school districts have lowered chronic absences among students, experts have noted that rates remain high among transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students.

At Cal State San Marcos, prospective elementary school teachers say arts-based instruction helps students perform better — and more creatively — in core subjects.

California’s estimate of nearly 86,000 infants and toddlers to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24 is the highest in the nation, according to a report published Wednesday. Put a different way: Of 1.6 million...