Education

An elementary student reads on his own in class. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. Research by Stanford University found that 75 of the lowest-performing California elementary schools that received funding from an out-of-court settlement made significant progress on third-grade state Smarter Balanced …

Early literacy funding raises reading scores of California’s lowest performing schools Read More »

Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. When I first went to a free yoga class at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s recreation center in the winter of my sophomore year of college, I never realized how it would change my life. I entered the space with a sense of …

Teaching yoga in college: how I have shared healing with my fellow students Read More »

Former Temecula Valley Unified Superintendent Jodi McClay mouths “thank you” to the supporting crowd at Temecula Valley High School on June 13, the night she was fired. Credit: Anjali Sharif-Paul/MediaNews Group/The Sun via Getty Images Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. The number of California school superintendents leaving their …

Threats, stress and politics pushing school superintendents out the door Read More »

Students, faculty and staff protest a potential tuition increase across the California State University system on Sept 12, 2023. CREDIT: MICHAEL LEE-CHANG / STUDENTS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. Thousands of California State University faculty are preparing to shut down their classes and strike for …

Cal State faculty striking next week in series of one-day actions Read More »

Wards at N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility talk at a table in Merced Hall in Stockton, Calif. Credit: Lea Suzuki / San Francisco Chronicle / Polaris Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. California is failing to provide a high-quality education to students in the juvenile justice system by not …

State data collection systems failing students in juvenile detention, report says Read More »

The center photo features Tom Boroujeni, Fresno City College academic senate president. Credit: Mark Tabay, Fresno City College & Fresno State/Facebook Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. The State Center Community College District placed Fresno City College instructor and president of the school’s Academic Senate, Tom Boroujeni, on administrative …

Fresno City College instructor placed on administrative leave following EdSource report Read More »

Fresno City College on November 29, 2023 Credit: Lasherica Thornton / EdSource Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. At least three women in the Fresno City College communication department refused to work today in response to an EdSource story revealing the Title IX investigation and act of sexual violence …

Professors cancel classes at Fresno City College after sexual violence allegations revealed Read More »

Credit: Allison Shelley / EDUimages Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. California enrolls a far lower percentage of English learners in bilingual education programs than other states, according to a report released in October from The Century Foundation. The authors also found that California is investing less than other …

California lags behind other states in bilingual education for English learners Read More »

A student sounds out the word ‘both’ during a 2022 summer school class at Nystrom Elementary in the West Contra Costa Unfified School District. Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. West Contra Costa Unified School District has set up a new literacy task force …

WCCUSD’s literacy task force to explore best ways to teach students how to read Read More »

Credit: Allison Shelley / EDUimages Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. Former governor Jerry Brown headlines a party next week toasting the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), California’s ten-year-old reshaping of school finance, the nation’s most ambitious effort to target public investment toward narrowing disparities in student achievement. In …

On California funding formula’s 10th anniversary, celebrate progress but double down on fairness Read More »