November 28, 2022

LAUSD’s stunning reading score on NAEP: Illusion, real or something in between?

Was a quick computer distribution during Covid, a literacy initiative or a combination of factors, plus random error, behind a surprising 8th grade score in Los Angeles Unified?

John Fensterwald

November 16, 2022

Good times to end; funding for TK-12, community colleges to drop next year, LAO predicts

The Legislative Analyst's Office predicts the state will have to dip into its reserves to cover a shortfall in education funding.

John Fensterwald

November 16, 2022

Voters reelected Tony Thurmond; now he needs to keep his promises on literacy

California needs to be screening all K-2 students for dyslexia and should also mandate that districts use literacy curriculum based on the science of reading.

Megan Bacigalupi

November 15, 2022

Community colleges must leverage opportunities created by electric vehicle boom for their students

Colleges in underserved areas must prepare their students to seize the opportunities created by the growth in electric vehicles.

Sonya Christian

November 10, 2022

California school board races don’t see red wave

The state GOP Parent Revolt program and other conservative organizations spent more than a year recruiting, training and endorsing an army of candidates in an effort to win what are generally considered nonpartisan seats.

Diana Lambert

November 8, 2022

Tony Thurmond cruises to reelection as California state superintendent

Thurmond, running for a second term, easily defeated Lance Christensen, a conservative education policy advocate and supporter of a private school choice initiative.

John Fensterwald

November 8, 2022

Windfall for arts education with the likely passage of Proposition 28

California initiative will bring nearly $1 billion to K-12 schools for drama, music, art

Carolyn Jones

November 8, 2022

L.A. Unified's bilingual program for deaf students hailed as a model for California schools

New program teaches sign language to deaf children beginning in infancy.

Carolyn Jones

November 7, 2022

New biography examines Michael Kirst's impact on public education in California and beyond

Kirst , who was president of the State Board of Education for all four of Jerry Brown’s terms as governor, co-authored the Local Control Funding Formula.

John Fensterwald

November 2, 2022

Students call on State Board of Education to address safety, equity and mental health

Student representatives from across California made a series of policy and curriculum recommendations during a presentation to the State Board of Education on Wednesday morning.

Emma Gallegos

November 1, 2022

California's accountability system is failing English learners

The California School Dashboard masks the needs of English learners, leading to low expectations for these students and resulting in many districts not planning for their support and success.

Martha Hernandez

October 27, 2022

New literacy standards for teacher candidates could be pivotal to improving student reading scores

Accreditation of California teacher preparation programs will hinge on whether they follow new literacy standards that focus more intensely on foundational reading skills.

Diana Lambert

October 25, 2022

Adjuncts sue California community college system, eight local districts over unpaid work hours

Adjuncts representing eight California community college districts statewide are suing for back pay to cover time spent outside the classroom meeting with students and other course work.

Thomas Peele

October 23, 2022

Scores nationwide crater on national math test, California’s not quite so much

Scores for the nation and California took a historic drop in fourth and eighth grade math on the National Assessment for Educational Progress or NAEP. There was some good news, too, for California, despite the pandemic.

John Fensterwald

October 19, 2022

School choice advocate, CTA opponent Lance Christensen would be a very different state superintendent

Christensen faces long odds to defeat much better financed incumbent Tony Thurmond, but he assumes parents frustrated by pandemic school closures will vote for change.

John Fensterwald