Category: Facilities

EdSource’s Best of 2025: Our favorite Education Beat podcast episodes

EdSource’s Best of 2025: Our favorite Education Beat podcast episodes

Credits: Zaidee Stavely/EdSource; Lasherica Thornton/EdSource; GoFundMe; Palo Alto Unified; and Becca Esquivel Makris. EdSource’s “Education Beat” podcast gets to the […]

December 30, 2025

‘Can you come wipe me?’: Younger 4-year-olds pose new challenges for TK

‘Can you come wipe me?’: Younger 4-year-olds pose new challenges for TK

Top Takeaways State guidelines are vague and leave it to local districts to determine how to help students who need […]

August 29, 2025

Let the latest scramble begin for California school construction money

Let the latest scramble begin for California school construction money

Construction site at Murray Elementary in Dublin Unified in 2022. Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource The record 205 school districts […]

January 16, 2025

Over $45 billion in local bonds coming to schools, community colleges

Over $45 billion in local bonds coming to schools, community colleges

A San Jose Unified teacher attends a rally Oct. 9 to promote candidates and a school bond measure that includes […]

January 16, 2025

Deteriorating East Bay school to be rebuilt after yearslong fight

Deteriorating East Bay school to be rebuilt after yearslong fight

West Contra Costa Unified’s Stege Elementary School in Richmond. Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource After a yearslong fight to remodel […]

January 9, 2025

Proposition 2 is essential for California’s students and run-down schools

Proposition 2 is essential for California’s students and run-down schools

Classrooms for career technical education are cramped, and the Wasco Union High School District hopes to expand them with Proposition […]

October 23, 2024

Lawsuit against West Contra Costa schools could set precedent for how districts handle complaints

Lawsuit against West Contra Costa schools could set precedent for how districts handle complaints

West Contra Costa Unified’s Stege Elementary School in Richmond. Photo: Andrew Reed/EdSource A recently filed lawsuit against the West Contra […]

August 22, 2024

LAUSD board votes to add $9 billion school construction bond to November ballot 

LAUSD board votes to add $9 billion school construction bond to November ballot 

LAUSD’s Nueva Vista Elementary School in Bell. Photo Credit: Betty Márquez Rosales Voters in November will decide whether to give […]

August 7, 2024

Rural counties far from universities struggle to recruit teachers

Rural counties far from universities struggle to recruit teachers

Nine rural counties, located more than 60 miles from university teacher preparation programs, struggle to recruit enough teachers to fill […]

April 26, 2024