Category: Commentary
Community colleges’ calculus policy: A recipe for failure?
Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource No parent, teacher, adviser or other responsible educator would ever recommend, much less require, a […]
January 12, 2026
Call for sustained funding for California’s UPK program
Transitional kindergarten teacher Claudia Herrera shows a chart to preschool student Kaitleen Hernandez-Garcia. Sarah Tully, EdSource This fall, California achieved […]
January 6, 2026
Charter schools: A lifeline for special needs students
With the support she received at a hybrid charter school, the author’s daughter thrived in high school and has just […]
December 29, 2025
Derrick Bell, Critical Race Theory and the Beginnings of School Choice – The 74
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter School choice — the idea […]
December 23, 2025
Lessons from Nixon’s veto in California’s UPK rollout
San Francisco’s UPK Mixed Delivery Working Group convening in Fall 2025 brought together child care providers, educators, policymakers and parents […]
December 23, 2025
Three Promising Practices to Engage a New Workforce – The 74
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Right now, tomorrow’s workforce is […]
December 22, 2025
Don’t fight veterans on earning college credit for their military experience
Two students at Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus Credit: Nikki Ritcher / Long Beach City College Army 1st […]
December 21, 2025
Avoiding pitfalls in math curriculum adoption
Credit: Courtesy Partnership for LA Schools In early November, the California Department of Education released its list of approved curricula […]
December 17, 2025
San Diego math decline reveals need for statewide strategy
High school students work together to solve a series of math problems. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education A report […]
December 16, 2025