ACLU sues Bay Area school dist...

Sep 15, 2021 by

ACLU sues Bay Area school district over ‘separate, unequal and illegal’ special education program

Lawsuit: Black students and English learners in Pittsburg Unified are disproportionately shunted into special education and subject...

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How going remote led to dramat...

Aug 8, 2021 by

How going remote led to dramatic drops in public school students

Kindergarten students nationwide and in California became the biggest group to opt out of remote-only schooling during the pandemic....

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How Supreme Court decision fre...

Jun 28, 2021 by

How Supreme Court decision frees schools from monitoring off-campus speech

The 8-1 decision was the court’s first ruling on student free speech since 1969 Credit: David McKeown/Republican-Herald via AP...

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What an Admissions Fight at Am...

May 26, 2021 by

What an Admissions Fight at America’s ‘Best’ High School Says About Educational Equity

By Jeffrey R. Young A parent argues against proposed changes in the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School, just outside...

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University of California must ...

May 18, 2021 by

University of California must drop SAT, ACT scores for admissions and scholarships

Settlement marks the end of a lawsuit that was initially brought in 2019. FERMIN LEAL/EDSOURCE TODAY The University of California...

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What happens when California s...

May 10, 2021 by

What happens when California students in special education return to the classroom?

Carolyn Jones For students with disabilities, the pandemic has been a landscape of extremes. Some have thrived with distance learning...

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Missing kindergartners drive l...

Apr 25, 2021 by

Missing kindergartners drive largest drop in 20 years in California’s K-12 enrollment

Charter schools experienced an increase in enrollment Causes for the slide in enrollment are myriad, complicated by existing trends...

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Additional math support has he...

Mar 29, 2021 by

Additional math support has helped Cal State freshmen

But the progress renews debate over increasing admissions requirements to add a year of quantitative reasoning The CSU Board of...

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California adopts CDC’s recomm...

Mar 21, 2021 by

California adopts CDC’s recommendation to reduce social distancing in school to 3 feet | EdSource

Change could significantly increase number of students who can attend class at the same time Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley for...

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California teacher shortages c...

Mar 5, 2021 by

California teacher shortages could make reopening schools for in-person instruction difficult

Diana Lambert Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education The ongoing teacher shortage, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

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‘The fight has been turned inw...

Feb 7, 2021 by

‘The fight has been turned inward,’ laments San Francisco school superintendent

Supt. Vincent Matthews, in EdSource’s podcast, says city attorney in San Francisco should have given him a heads-up before...

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How California plans to increa...

Dec 14, 2020 by

How California plans to increase access to Paid Family Leave to support early childhood

The recommendations include increasing the size of payouts and duration of leave, as well as support for small businesses. Credit:...

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College freshmen and high scho...

Dec 3, 2020 by

College freshmen and high school seniors lagging in completing financial aid applications

Upperclass and graduate students show increases in aid applications     The opening page for the online FAFSA...

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School districts try out diffe...

Nov 29, 2020 by

School districts try out different strategies to boost immunization rates for non-Covid diseases

In response to declining immunization rates, school districts are increasing their outreach to parents and offering free clinics....

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Distance learning stokes fears...

Nov 23, 2020 by

Distance learning stokes fears of excessive screen time

For years, child development experts have warned about limiting screen time Christine Whalen has a spirited 5-year-old who started...

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Why Los Angeles County’s needi...

Nov 11, 2020 by

Why Los Angeles County’s neediest school districts don’t apply for waivers to reopen campuses

Few public schools have received waivers; only one has a high number of low-income students Credit: Amy Woropay Students at Westside...

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Dropping affirmative action ha...

Oct 29, 2020 by

Dropping affirmative action had huge impact on California’s public universities

Proposition 16 would allow race and ethnicity to become factors in admissions, hiring and contracts. Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource UC...

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A tiny school in Northern Cali...

Aug 20, 2020 by

A tiny school in Northern California opens for in-person teaching with six of its 14 students

One of the smallest districts in the state in a county with comparatively low infection rates, Indian Diggings Elementary School...

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California charter schools sue...

Jul 29, 2020 by

California charter schools sue state for not funding additional students this year

Gov. Newsom promises there will be a fix for growing charters and districts School funding is based on last year’s student...

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Schools in Los Angeles, San Di...

Jul 14, 2020 by

Schools in Los Angeles, San Diego won’t reopen for in-person learning next month

Districts cite “skyrocketing infection rates” in announcing that school campuses can’t reopen yet. This story was...

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