May 18, 2022

California must consider rural districts' unique realities for community schools grants

Innovative program that allowed rural districts to collaborate to create and expand community school programs runs into a surprising roadblock.

Julie Boesch and Tim Taylor

May 17, 2022

Covid stipends cause outcry at Alameda County Office of Education

Managers, not union members, got the majority of the initial Covid stipends in the Alameda County Office of Education.

Carolyn Jones

May 13, 2022

Billions more for California schools, colleges under Newsom's revised budget

One-time and ongoing Proposition 98 funding would be an unprecedented $35 million more than the Legislature appropriated a year ago.

John Fensterwald, Karen D'Souza, Ali Tadayon, Michael Burke, And Ashley A. Smith

May 12, 2022

Computer Science is everywhere in our world but almost nowhere in California schools

The governor and the Legislature should use the state budget to finally invest in the computer science teachers who are guiding California’s students.

Allison Scott, Art Lopez and Susan Bonilla

May 4, 2022

Class of 2022

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.

EdSource staff

May 3, 2022

How to address the teacher shortage before the well runs dry

State and federal legislators must enact measures to alleviate the conditions causing California teachers to quit. The public must demand action before we can't even keep our schools open.

Cassandra R. Henderson

May 2, 2022

Growing suburban Sacramento school districts spared state's declining enrollment

New housing construction in suburbs around Sacramento have saved some school districts in the region from the belt-tightening that comes with declining student enrollment. 

Diana Lambert

April 29, 2022

Senate, Assembly agree California schools should receive billions more in unrestricted funding

Districts complain COLA isn't enough to cover their costs and needs; Gov. Newsom to release revised budget, revenue projections by May 15.

John Fensterwald

April 27, 2022

How to restore California’s ailing child care system: Pay the teachers

Polls show that Californians have the will to invest in child care and teachers’ wages. Do the governor and lawmakers?

Lea Austin

April 25, 2022

A new chapter for charter schools in California as enrollment drops for first time in 3 decades

With California charter school enrollment declining for the first time in three decades, operators and funders look to new areas of the state for future growth.

John Fensterwald

April 21, 2022

California's Enrollment Rollercoaster

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.

EdSource staff

April 14, 2022

Where are all of California's school librarians?

California has fewer credentialed teacher librarians in its school libraries per student than almost every state in the nation, a fact that research shows could be hurting students academically.

Diana Lambert

April 11, 2022

California K-12 enrollment plunges again, falls below 6 million

Led by continued hemorrhaging of student enrollment in Los Angeles County and parts of the Bay Area, total public school enrollment in California dropped by 110,000 this year, the second year of big losses.

John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis

April 10, 2022

School choice backers fail to put measure on California's November ballot

The California School Choice Initiative needed 1 million voters' signatures to be placed on the election ballot; the campaign collected only 200,000.

John Fensterwald

March 25, 2022

Attendance or enrollment: How should California schools be funded?

Roundtable panelists discussed the pros and cons of shifting California schools from an attendance-based funding formula to an enrollment-based formula.

Kate Sequeira