NEW

State officials cool to school districts' request to become 'Innovation Zone'

Now's not the time to expand experimentation with school accountability measures, staff tells CORE Districts.

John Fensterwald

Reed Hastings backs school board candidates, but opposes elected school boards

The Netflix co-founder who has donated some of the biggest sums to charter school causes in California since 2011 thinks elected school boards are holding back education progress in the United States.

Louis Freedberg and Mikhail Zinshteyn

Commentary

Destigmatizing suicide to save lives

As a society, we need to be more comfortable discussing suicide with children.

Takesha Cooper, MD

College Readiness

California colleges transform remedial courses to raise graduation rates

Co-requisite courses combine college and remedial level material, give more class time and offer more tutoring. More colleges in California and other states are expected to introduce them.

Larry Gordon

Charter Schools

Oakland charters more likely to enroll higher-performing students than district schools

About 30 percent of Oakland students attend charter schools – one of the highest concentrations of charter students in the state.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

School Finance

How the 2017-18 funding increase for California education will be spent

Use EdSource's interactive budget map to see where new education funds are being allocated in California's 2017-18 budget.

Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, and John Fensterwald

Los Angeles Unified

New LA school board member says his election was not about 'the proliferation of charters'

Nick Melvoin says "victory" for him over the next few years would be "across-the-board improvements in the district," not charter growth.

Louis Freedberg

Los Angeles Unified

New LA school board member says strengthening district schools her first priority

Kelly Gonez was backed by charter school advocates, but says expanding the number of charters is not what she is interested in doing.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Preschool

California to raise income limits to allow more children to qualify for subsidized child care

California has not increased its income eligibility limit for subsidized child care since the 2007-08 fiscal year.

Ashley Hopkinson

Social and Emotional Learning

As social and emotional learning expands, educators fear the 'fizzle'

Will social and emotional learning turn out to be just a fad? Researchers propose strategies to prevent that fate.

Jane Meredith Adams

Commentary

The multiple benefits of learning two languages

California has taken important steps to support dual language learners.

Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio

Legislation

Gov. Brown, Democrats to require school districts to give greater access to unions

Unions fearing a loss of mandatory fees will get access to recruit new workers.