September 29, 2022

The Right To Read: It took a lawsuit against California

California settled a lawsuit over literacy by giving 70 schools with the lowest 2019 test scores extra funding to teach children to read. Less than half of all third graders in the state scored at grade level in reading.

Karen D'Souza

September 29, 2022

How a California school is embracing the science of reading and phonics | Video

Watch how one school embraces the science of reading and phonics to teach children to read.

Jennifer Molina

September 16, 2022

California school organizations urge veto of latest bill to remove lead in school water

They point to high cost of removing lead pipes proposed by pipe fitters union, drafter of the bill. Others argue the standard for treatment remains hazardous for kids.

John Fensterwald

September 1, 2022

State Supt. Thurmond to restart literacy task force, aims for 'comprehensive' approach

Announcement at a press conference accompanies the release of a free, engaging dual-language resource for families in California.

John Fensterwald

August 26, 2022

California does little to ensure all kids read by third grade

A national push to change the teaching of reading shows contrast between other states and California's hands-off approach.

John Fensterwald

August 22, 2022

Other states, select California districts can inform our comprehensive approach to literacy

"Positive outlier" districts in California are already demonstrating how to successfully improve literacy in our diverse state with its decentralized education system.

Linda Darling-Hammond

August 18, 2022

What it will take to ensure literacy for all California students

After decades of underfunding its public schools, California's investments in equity and literacy are showing progress.

Linda Darling-Hammond

August 17, 2022

A movement rises to change the teaching of reading

Scientists, teachers, and parents battle over the best way to teach reading amid a literacy crisis.

Karen D'Souza

July 13, 2022

California teachers share their challenges and worries: Teaching during Covid

The nonprofit Inverness Institute interviewed veteran teachers about life in the classroom during another difficult year impacted by a pandemic; two principals involved with the study sum up the findings in an interview with EdSource's John Fensterwald.

John Fensterwald

July 11, 2022

How one district used Covid funds to send kids to camp — on a college campus

Lodi Unified sent 240 students to camp - at $3,300 each - at a nearby college for academics, socializing and fun

Carolyn Jones

June 15, 2022

High school graduates eager to move ahead to college and jobs, leaving Covid behind

Across California, graduating seniors look forward to moving beyond the high school years that were dominated by Covid.

Diana Lambert

June 15, 2022

High School Graduates Across California

The Class of 2022 had a very unusual high school experience. Covid shut down their schools midway through their sophomore year forcing them to take zoom classes and study alone. Learn more about the students we followed for our special report on the Class of 2022.

Yuxuan Xie

May 27, 2022

Schools adapt in a shrinking Los Angeles Unified

Shrinking schools are reinventing themselves as LAUSD plans a future with dramatically fewer students.

Kate Sequeira

May 17, 2022

In the San Joaquin Valley, rapidly growing school districts endure overcrowding

As the cost of housing in the Bay Area and coastal Southern California drives families inland in search of relief, some school districts in the vast San Joaquin Valley contend with rapid enrollment growth.

Emma Gallegos

May 13, 2022

California Covid cases rising as school year ends with few renewed restrictions

Few districts are tightening up masking and other restrictions that were in place at the start of the year, even for large gatherings like graduations and proms.

Diana Lambert