State education data shows that nearly 30,000 students made learning gains last year, reinforcing lawmakers’ push for sustained funding.
It’s the most significant step yet in a state program set to launch next school year.
With a multibillion-dollar deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget leaves tens of thousands of promised subsidized slots unfunded, keeping families on waitlists for years.
Districts that once celebrated a historic funding increase now face deficits driven by rising costs and falling enrollment.
Switzerland’s education system embodies a tight connection between school and work, functioning as a talent development system for the economy. Employers take the lead.
Chatbots with inadequate safeguards are harming our children, rewiring their brains in ways that lead to anxiety, depression and self-harm. State lawmakers should take swift action to protect them.
State legislators introduce hundreds of K-12 proposals each year, but less than 10 percent reach the governor’s desk.
Parents say inconsistent and confusing local attendance policies undermine efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism and erode confidence in districts’ accountability.
Federal policy fights, a proposed state funding holdback and declining student counts are squeezing school district budgets.
Vermont’s plan to redraw districts to cope with declining enrollment highlights mixed research and fierce community resistance.
A custom app blocks TikTok, Instagram and games during school hours — and alerts administrators when students try to get around it.
Highly competitive, employer-backed pathways to bachelor’s degrees are fueling interest as U.S. leaders look to scale apprenticeships.
As high schools rethink graduation requirements, a growing number are moving away from requiring all students to pass a comprehensive test.
The state’s minimal oversight draws families who value autonomy, even as some lawmakers warn it lacks safeguards for quality and child welfare.
Universal access to transitional kindergarten in Los Angeles County coincided with more than 150 pre-K centers shutting their doors.
A district at the edge of the Mojave Desert is part of a network of California schools harvesting environmental, behavioral and academic benefits from a school forest.
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