Education

Students at Edison High School in Fresno. Credit: Fresno Unified / Flickr California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved long-awaited revised Standards for the Teaching Profession on Thursday that emphasize culturally responsive teaching, social-emotional learning and family engagement.  The standards, which guide teachers’ professional development and evaluation statewide, broadly describe the knowledge, skills and abilities expected […]

Los Angeles City College, one of the state’s 116 community colleges. Larry Gordon/EdSource Today Latino students are enrolling at low rates in bachelor’s degree programs at California’s community colleges. But many of those who do enroll are graduating quickly and finding work after leaving college. That’s the takeaway from a new study by UCLA’s Latino

Christian Robinson always planned to go to college, but when she graduated from Adelanto High School in California’s High Desert, she felt aimless. Without a plan or preparation for higher education, she decided to go to work instead. She regrets that now. “I wish I would have gone straight into college because I would have

Teacher apprentice Ja’net Williams helps with a math lesson in a first grade class at Delta Elementary Charter School in Clarksburg. Credit: Diana Lambert / EdSource Apprenticeships are being added to the long list of initiatives California has undertaken in recent years to address its enduring teacher shortage. State leaders hope that the free or

Credit: Pexels On Feb. 8, the article was updated to clarify and elaborate on details of AB 2222. A veteran legislator who taught elementary school for 16 years introduced comprehensive early-literacy legislation Wednesday that would impose requirements on reading instruction and add urgency to the state’s patchwork of reading reforms. Evidence-based practices, collectively known as

A group of WCCUSD school psychologists at a union contract rally in 2023. Courtesy of John Zabala West Contra Costa Unified School District’s school psychologist internship program once flourished. The district recruited from substantial applicant pools from local universities and provided a strong start for beginning school psychologists entering the workforce, often retaining them after

Teacher candidates in the Claremont Graduate University teacher residency program spend an entire year working with a mentor teacher in Corona Norco Unified classrooms. Courtesy: Claremont Graduate University School of Education Studies Public schools in California are facing historic staffing challenges: rising rates of dissatisfaction and burnout within the current workforce and unprecedented shortages of

Sheilds Library at UC Davis. Credit: Karin HIggins/UC Davis The U.S. Department of Education is attempting to solve issues associated with this year’s rocky rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and ensure colleges and universities release financial aid packages in a timely manner through a new plan announced Monday — but some

Fresno State University Credit: fresnostate.edu Students and faculty at all three of California’s public higher education institutions do not trust how colleges and universities handle sexual discrimination and harassment.  The lack of trust was detailed in a California Assembly Higher Education Committee report released last week that offers recommendations on how the state’s public colleges

The San Joaquin River has swollen beyond its usual riverbanks thanks to record rainfall. Melting snowfall threatens to flood the city of Firebaugh and six of its seven schools. Credit: Emma Gallegos / EdSource As severe weather conditions continue to pound the state, some school districts and university campuses throughout Southern California closed or made