Education

Melinda Gonzalez, 14, poses at Fresno High School where she’ll be a freshman in Fresno on Aug. 14, 2024. Credit: Gary Kazanjian / AP Photo MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing […]

Hundreds of UCLA students protest in support of Palestinians on May 2, 2024. Credit: Christine Kao A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction that goes into effect Thursday ordering UCLA to ensure equal access to Jewish students in reaction to the university’s handling of pro-Palestinian encampments last spring. Three Jewish students in June sued the

Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages Unless Assembly Bill 2097 — requiring every public high school to teach a computer science course — advances in the state Legislature on Thursday, access to computer science in California will continue to be inequitable across socioeconomic, racial, gender and geographic lines, according to the bill’s author. “It’s predominantly our underserved

Sierra Community College in Rocklin. Credit: Sierra College / Flickr This summer was filled with stress for Leslie Valdovinos as she awaited her financial aid offer letter for her fourth year at California State University, Dominguez Hills. “I don’t have a backup plan in case I can’t rely on financial aid,” Valdovinos said. “Financial aid

Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages For years, California has been faced with a shortage of teachers that predated the pandemic but which the pandemic certainly did not help. A key factor that exacerbates this shortage are the high-stakes teaching performance assessments (TPAs) used in the state, such as the California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA), the

Students at STEM Academy in Los Angeles Unified work on a project inside a lab. Photo courtesy of STEM Academy A light 4.4-magnitude earthquake and an explosion rattled the Los Angeles Unified School District’s first day of school for the 2024-25 academic year on Monday. District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said at a news conference on

A teacher kicks off a lesson during an AP research class. Credit: Allison Shelley for EDUimages High school seniors walked the stage last month, but the FAFSA fiasco has left some still in limbo about their college plans for the fall. Changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) were supposed to make

George Washington Elementary School Principal Gina Lopez welcomes students on the first day of school on July 30. Credit: Diana Lambert / EdSource California students, including those in elementary school, will have better access to mental health care, free menstrual products and information about climate change this school year. The expansion of transitional kindergarten also

Kindergarten students in San Jose Unified School District. (EdSource File photo.) Credit: Liv Ames / EdSource Over the next several months, high-profile political races will command the public’s attention. But one set of races at the local level might be just as consequential: local school board elections. Too many of us are flying blind when

Senate Bill 1263 will be heard by the full Assembly if it makes it through the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Credit: AP Photo/Terry Chea A controversial bill that would have eliminated teaching performance assessments — the last licensure test California teacher candidates are required to take — has been dramatically revised under pressure from education advocacy