March 7, 2024
Lessons in higher education: What California can learn
This is a continuing EdSource series on proven innovations in higher education that relate to the problems facing California’s higher education systems.
California college savings accounts aren’t getting to all the kids who need them
How improv theater class can help kids heal from trauma
50 years later: How Lau v. Nichols changed education for English learners
Patrick Acuña’s journey from prison to UC Irvine | Video
Family reunited after four years separated by Trump-era immigration policy
School choice advocate, CTA opponent Lance Christensen would be a very different state superintendent
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
This is a continuing EdSource series on proven innovations in higher education that relate to the problems facing California’s higher education systems.
In 2023, more than half of high school seniors failed to meet these requirements, which means that they were not eligible to apply to California’s public universities.
Explore EdSource's interactive map showing kindergarten enrollment change from 2019 to 2021.
Politics, stress and threats — leftovers from pandemic school closures — are making it easy for many veteran California superintendents to leave for other jobs, or to retire.
California expands its college-in-prison program that allows incarcerated persons to earn bachelor's degrees.
Take a look at the eight bachelor's degree programs at California state prisons. The state is expanding its college-in-prison program among its 34 prisons.
New data shows a striking rise in absenteeism since California schools reopened in 2021-22 following the pandemic.
Pressure to turn the McFarland library into a police station put a spotlight on the inequities statewide in community libraries which are locally funded. While McFarland still has a library, its level of service is very low compared to other counties across California that put more funding into its libraries. This series shows those differences through on-site and reporting and data comparisons and analysis.
EdSource journalists John Fensterwald and Karen D'Souza will host a Reddit Ask Me Anything session on literacy.
Leaders representing all segments of California’s education system share their reactions to the governor’s 2023-24 January budget proposal for California's public college and university systems.
Leaders representing all segments of California's education system share their reactions to the governor’s proposed 2023-24 budget for the state's K-12 public schools.
Leaders representing all segments of California’s education system share their reactions to the governor’s 2023-24 January budget proposal for early education.
The resignation of Joseph I. Castro as CSU chancellor over his mishandling of a Title IX sexual harassment case involving an administrator when he was president of Fresno State has put a spotlight on how the 23-campus system handles sexual and gender misconduct complaints from students and staff.
For the first time in two decades, California’s K-12 enrollment dropped under 6 million students, a sure sign that many students did not return after the pandemic. But within the state, there was movement: sharp enrollment declines in coastal counties and sharp increases inland. This reporting series from EdSource looks at the changes and trends in California public school enrollment.