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What the new state budget holds in store for education
The California State Capitol in Sacramento. Credit: Juliana Yamada / AP This story was updated June 28 to reflect that […]
June 27, 2025
California colleges worry about lawsuit challenging funding for campuses with many Hispanic students
At a recent Latino-themed graduation ceremony at California State University, Channel Islands, a student’s cap proclaims that nothing is impossible […]
June 26, 2025
California’s Education Code is smothering innovation
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource In 2008, when I served as a deputy superintendent at the California Department of Education, […]
June 25, 2025
California retires RICA; new teacher test to focus on phonics
During small group reading instruction, AmeriCorps member Valerie Caballero reminds third graders in Porterville Unified to use their fingers to […]
June 24, 2025
Building sustainable STEM pathways requires trust, collaboration
Bianca Alvarado debriefs the San Diego STEM Advisory Community Committee during a meeting at the Elementary Institute of Science. Credit: […]
June 24, 2025
Advocacy group leader talks about the challenges of transitional kindergarten
Credit: Randall Benton / EdSource Michael Olenick has spent his life pondering the preschool years. His mother, a childhood development […]
June 23, 2025
The missing element in Cal State’s big investment in AI
Credit: Matheus Bertelli / Pexels A recent New York Times investigation revealed OpenAI’s ambition to make artificial intelligence the “core […]
June 23, 2025
As White House wavers on visas, Chinese students at California colleges face uncertainty and worried parents
Top Takeaways About 18,000 Chinese students are enrolled at the University of California, 2,600 at California community colleges and 850 […]
June 20, 2025
‘There was a lot of fear’: Central Valley immigration raids drive up absences in schools, study finds
Credit: AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File Top Takeaways Absentee rates in five districts cumulatively increased 22% after immigration raids in the […]
June 19, 2025