Education

Students read and write at Frank Sparkes Elementary in Winton School District in Madera County. Credit: Zaidee Stavely / EdSource The U.S. Department of Education alarmed school leaders last week by threatening to withhold federal funding from schools and colleges that do not abandon “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs. President Donald Trump has also threatened […]

Diane Diederich for iStock To avoid further embarrassing and expensive litigation, Santa Ana Unified has agreed to terminate three staff-created high school ethnic studies courses starting next fall and to start again from scratch. Next time, according to a settlement released Thursday, the district will comply with the state’s open meeting law it sought to

Minors detained at Los Padrinos juvenile hall in Los Angeles County. Credit: Richard Ross Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County remains open a year after the state’s corrections oversight board deemed it “unsuitable for the confinement of minors” and four months after it ordered the center to shut down due to ongoing noncompliance

Student band members perform a concert at the Pacifica School District. Credit: Courtesy of Tom Stafford Tom Stafford has been singing his heart out since he was 5 years old, performing in a gospel trio with his sister, Pam, and their mother, Doris. The Stafford Family singers traveled all over Appalachia with their unique three-part

Credit: Zaidee Stavely / EdSource In education circles, early literacy — such as ensuring all children are reading by third grade — gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so. Early reading skills have been shown to have a profound impact on kids, increasing their likelihood of graduating from high school, earning a higher salary

A letter to U.S. schools from Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the federal Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., has schools nationwide trying to figure out what to do about their diversity programs. Credit: Carlos Kosienski/Sipa via AP Images Tough decisions lie ahead for schools across California as the federal government

San Diego City College’s Chicano-Latina graduation ceremony in 2024. Credit: San Diego City College California college leaders are responding with a mix of uncertainty, resistance and worry over a U.S. Department of Education order to eliminate any race-based programs by the end of the month. The “dear colleague” letter, published Friday by the department’s Office

Anaheim Union High School District students discuss their work with Superintendent Michael Matsuda. Courtesy: Anaheim Union High School District Traditional measures of academic success, long dominated by elite universities, have often perpetuated systems of exclusivity rather than fostering true opportunity. As the superintendent of a high school district in Southern California, I have frequently heard

San Francisco Unified School District students discuss their lesson. Courtesy: San Francisco Unified School District California school districts that are at risk of falling off the fiscal cliff are increasingly turning to early retirement incentives as a humane way to balance their budgets, but students could be the ones who lose. Many California school districts

In front of around 100 educators on Wednesday, Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla said that Fresno Unified does not have to cut its Designated Schools program that provides 30 additional instruction minutes to over 24,000 students each day. Credit: Lasherica Thornton/ EdSource About 100 Fresno Unified educators slammed the state’s third-largest school system for