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California TK-12 Enrollment Ticks Down, While Number of Homeless and Poor Students Rises

New state data released Wednesday shows that California’s TK-12 enrollment has continued its steady post-pandemic decline. At the same...

/ 5 days ago

No Cuts for Schools, More Funding for Early Literacy in Newsom’s Revised Budget

TK-12 schools and community colleges can expect the same funding in 2025-26 that they received this year, plus a small cost-of-living adjust...

/ 2 weeks ago

Trump’s Budget Would Abolish Funding for English Learners, Adult Ed, Teacher Recruitment

President Donald Trump would maintain funding levels for students with disabilities and for Title I aid for low-income students while wiping...

/ 3 weeks ago

Why Texas Is Ahead of California on Bilingual Education

Wendell Norris Marquez teaches pre-AP Spanish to seventh graders at Lively Middle School in Austin, Texas. Zaidee Stavely EdSource On a r...

/ 1 month ago

How Schools Can Help Students Facing Homelessness Get to Class

Coming up with solutions to the transportation problems of homeless students would go a long way toward reducing chronic absenteeism, advoca...

/ 2 months ago

Madera Drama Teacher Sees the Arts as a Gateway to Improving Literacy Skills

A few years ago, when Julian Ramos first started teaching drama, he was hoping to explore Greek tragedy with his sixth graders. Then he real...

/ 2 months ago

‘A Step Backwards’: How Federal Threats to DEI Impact CA Schools

A letter to U.S. schools from Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the federal Department of Education, in Washingt...

/ 3 months ago

CSU Campuses Brace for Possible Cuts in Classes and Sports

When Kaitlin Anderson committed to play golf for Sonoma State University, she posed proudly in a Seawolves sweatshirt. But last week, school...

/ 4 months ago

Let the Latest Scramble Begin for California School Construction Money

The record 205 school districts that passed construction bonds in November will spend 2025 vying for matching money from a $10 billion state...

/ 4 months ago

Conflict Over Race, LGBTQ Issues Cost Schools More Than $3 Billion Last School Year

Conflicts between parents, teachers and school leaders over parental rights policies focusing on LGBTQ+ students, limitations on teaching ab...

/ 6 months ago

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