Category: California Department Of Education
How a Sacramento charter school misused $180 million and became a poster child for reform
Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools’ main campus in Sacramento is temporarily closed. Credit: Diana Lambert/EdSource Highlands Community Charter and […]
September 3, 2025
State suspension rates remain high despite reforms
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource Top Takeaways Systems-impacted students are suspended at rates higher than other groups. Students with disabilities […]
August 26, 2025
California joins effort to cut chronic absenteeism in half by 2030
School officials worry that the Trump administration’s policies on immigration are contributing to chronic absenteeism because some parents might be […]
August 22, 2025
Fresno Unified error skews state teacher data, analysis shows
Students from Fresno Unified attend a summer school dual immersion class on June 15, 2025. Credit: Fresno Unified / Flickr […]
August 19, 2025
Trump administration unfreezes billions in federal education funds after outcry
Students in the Migrant Education Student Academy in King City learn a dance from a visiting teacher from Mexico. Credit: […]
July 25, 2025
California releases long-awaited teacher data, revealing demographic shifts
Juniors attend a U.S. History class at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif., May 1, 2017. Credit: Alison Yin […]
July 17, 2025
Newsom promises funding to jump-start early literacy
Gov. Gavin Newsom displays the Golden State Literacy Plan, a compilation of actions he has taken to improve reading in […]
June 6, 2025
State’s school awards dinner at Disneyland comes with hefty price tag
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, center, stands with Mickey and Minnie Mouse, alongside Lisette Estrella-Henderson, center right, the […]
May 30, 2025
Federal investigation targets California ban on parental notification policies
The LGBTQ+ community rallies in solidarity, opposing the Social Studies Alive! ban in Temecula Valley Unified in June 2023. Credit: […]
March 28, 2025