Joshua Pechthalt

November 29, 2022

California college students have their own ideas on diversifying campuses

College students respond to the question “How do you think California’s colleges and universities can build more diverse student populations without considering race in the admissions process?”

The California Student Journalism Corps

February 26, 2018

What’s at issue, what’s at stake in Janus, the Supreme Court case challenging compulsory union fees

The court's newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, will decide if unions have cause for worry.

John Fensterwald

June 14, 2017

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.

John Fensterwald

November 16, 2016

Education leaders contemplate impact of a Trump presidency on California

Forecasters have little to go on since education wasn't a major theme in the presidential campaign.

EdSource staff

May 24, 2016

Plaintiffs appeal Vergara decision and back legislative fix

The bill would mandate coaching for ineffective teachers and make it easier to fire them.

John Fensterwald

February 15, 2016

Scalia's death likely to alter outcome in Friedrichs lawsuit

At stake is the ability of the CTA and public employee unions to charge mandatory fees.

John Fensterwald

May 14, 2015

Revised estimate for K-12 spending: $6 billion more next year

Proposition 98 channels new revenue to schools to partially make up for past cuts.

John Fensterwald

January 13, 2015

Teacher survey: Change tenure, layoff laws

Gov. Jerry Brown said last week he's open to changing tenure and other teacher employment laws at issue in the Vergara v. State of California lawsuit, and most teachers in a new survey say they want to change them, too.

John Fensterwald