Education Beat
50 years later: How Lau v. Nichols changed education for English learners
Lucinda Lee Katz, the lead plaintiff’s first grade teacher, tells how this Supreme Court case began in San Francisco and how it changed education.
Lessons in higher education: What California can learn
Keeping California public university options open
Superintendents: Well-paid and walking away
The debt to degree connection
College in prison: How earning a degree can lead to a new life
Library or police, a small town’s struggle puts a spotlight on library inequities across California
Lucinda Lee Katz, the lead plaintiff’s first grade teacher, tells how this Supreme Court case began in San Francisco and how it changed education.
Online classes offer more flexibility and can enroll more students. But what do students think of them?
A California program places people in jobs and helps them prepare for careers that they might not otherwise be able to access.
As a child, Blanca Rubio was given coloring sheets instead of books because she didn’t speak English. Now she’s spearheading an effort to require science of reading in schools.
Black and Latino students are the least likely to finish courses required for admission to California universities.
Listen to Maria O., one of the parents who sued the state of California over unequal educational opportunities provided during the pandemic.
Guillermo Tejeda is a jazz musician who is passionate about teaching and integrating music into the classroom.
The strike did what months of back-and-forth discussions couldn’t — improve faculty wages and working conditions.
When Giselle Meza found out she was pregnant, she had no idea when or if she would finish high school. But now, after joining a teen parent program, she’s committed to graduating.
Listen to what’s in John Fensterwald’s crystal ball for 2024 in California education.