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While district enrollment has declined, charter enrollment in L.A. has soared. Most of the signs and chants call for better pay, smaller classes and more

Districts laboring under higher mandated expenses would receive a surprise windfall — pension-cost relief — in Gov. Newsom’s first proposed state budget for 2019-20, which

By the end of January, the state will publish the initial list of hundreds of low-performing CA schools that must receive intensive help under the

By Tom Rogan The Los Angeles teachers union must be dislodged from its position of power. By whatever means necessary, Los Angeles must no longer

A new legal opinion from the state’s Department of Justice paves the way for lawmakers to finally impose clear mandates on California charter schools to

Although former Assemblyman Tony Thurmond was only sworn-in Monday as California’s twenty-eighth Superintendent of Public Instruction, a major piece of the education agenda for the

Gov. Newsom’s nearly $2 billion plan to expand early childhood education in CA, with $1.5 billion coming from a one-time general fund expenditure is a

Facing a $36 million deficit and a possible state takeover, the top budget officer at the Sacramento City Unified School District has a sober message

The number of poor students enrolled in a certain school district is one of the most important education data points that exists, and the stakes

A few years ago, cybersecurity threats were not on the radar of most school district leaders, much less being one of the top items in

Despite the national frenzy to land one of Amazon’s headquarter projects last year, state and local officials may find it harder in the future to

AB 124 by Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, would enact the Preschool Facilities Bond Act of 2020. If approved by voters, the bill would authorize the issuance

CA’s two- and four-year public colleges could get a boost from the 2019-20 state budget proposed by the governor, but they will also be required

School facility managers are relieved to learn that Gov. Gavin Newsom appears inclined to provide districts the state’s traditional share of funding for classroom construction

The Del Mar Union School District has set the dates for its school site team meetings as it seeks input on developing a prioritized capital