A new law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, creates an Office of Civil Rights within the California Department of ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bill into law, which prohibits school districts from using textbooks, curricula or materials that ...

In 2008, when I served as a deputy superintendent at the California Department of Education, two district superintendents approached me with a simple ask: permission to innovate. They had a plan to ...

The Department of Education notified California in March that the Trump administration had rescinded access to millions in ...

First adopted in 2012, this version of the income tax would hit the top 2% of earners. It would produce as much as $15 ...

Educators from across California gathered in Rancho Cordova to assess progress in combating student absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism in the state has decreased over the past three years, a trend that ...

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A teachers’ union in Whittier declares victory in its contract campaign. Here’s how 80,000 of their colleagues helped.

Lance Christensen, vice president of government affairs and education policy for the California Policy Center, a conservative ...

The share of California high school grads attending college out of state has nearly doubled over the last two decades, a new ...