Category: Hall Monitor

Despite a sharp boost in funding in recent years, the overall record of public education in the Golden State is disappointing. Recent test scores show

There’s no way to know how many University of California eligible students don’t go to those universities, or even how many don’t apply at all.

With their grip on state politics stronger than ever, Sacramento Democrats are champing at the bit to chase after their base’s dream of so-called “universal

The rapid rollout of a hugely ambitious plan to reduce elementary school class sizes in California over two decades ago should serve as a cautionary

CA public employee unions can celebrate a little good news in the months since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that stripped them

Potentially half of the local educational agencies in California will be identified as failing to meet chronic absenteeism standards under a performance matrix set for

Four local educational agencies are looking for state permission to increase how much they can borrow. Under state law, LEAs are prohibited from having a

Los Angeles schools chief Austin Beutner is working on a plan to radically reshape the nation’s second-largest school district by shrinking the central bureaucracy and

CA State Senator John Moorlach, a certified public accountant who represents Orange County’s 37th District and serves on the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee

Schools in CA’s wealthier communities have been reaping far more local bond money than poorer districts, a CALmatters analysis shows—a reality that amplifies existing inequities