"Nearly 40% of California's students are multilingual learners, yet the state's teacher workforce remains overwhelmingly ...

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Often denied access to the books and materials they need, incarcerated students rely on mutual aid to succeed.

November 26, 2025 - Come prepare a meal with the fifth and sixth graders of Pacific Elementary, in Davenport, California, where the district attracts students just for the lunch. A $4 billion-a-year ...

December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

When Brigitta Hunter started her teaching career, she had $20,000 in student loans and zero income – even though she was working nearly full time in the classroom. “We lived on my husband’s pathetic ...

For decades, California has positioned itself as a national leader in education equity and school funding. However, new data shows that Black K-12 students in the Golden State are so far from reaching ...

The number of new international students enrolling in college in the U.S. is dropping. Their losses will be felt beyond ...

New studies find student performance fell across southern California and a large Florida county amid the surge in immigration ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.” Instead, school staff use ...

Every year, school districts across the country grapple with teacher shortages. Some states have tried to fix the problem by reducing credentialing requirements or by implementing programs that ...