Jul 20, 2026

In the year before the fire, the town passed Measure Y, a bond that would ultimately help fund the project. For the first phase, which will be completed by the first day of school, about 85% of the roughly $31 million comes from that bond with the rest covered by various sources such as PG&E settlement funds, insurance and grants.

Jul 20, 2026

"Our responsibility is to prepare students for an increasingly digital world while also protecting the relationships, experiences and instructional practices that research tells us are essential for healthy development and academic success."

Jul 20, 2026

California just made one of the country’s most significant public investments in addressing homelessness, including $116 million in its new budget to help identify and support students experiencing homelessness. It’s the first state in our nation’s history to invest resources on this scale to support this especially vulnerable population.

Jul 20, 2026

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors cleared the way to expand student mental health services, allowing 35 additional schools to become service sites.

Jul 20, 2026

A California Department of Education investigation has found that Rialto Unified School District claimed more than $3 million in improper school meal reimbursements during the COVID-19 pandemic by inflating meal counts and failing to adequately oversee its nutrition program.

Jul 20, 2026

In less than three weeks Los Angeles school officials must show, under state law, how they will carry out the steepest budget cuts in a generation after county education authorities concluded they lack confidence in district leadership to prevent bankruptcy.

Jul 20, 2026

State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Sonja Shaw has called the new law that strips the next state superintendent’s authority to manage the California Department of Education an unconstitutional “sweeping power grab.”

Jul 20, 2026

It’s not quite the “Mississippi Miracle,” but California’s reading scores have been inching upwards since the state poured billions into changing the way students learn to read.

Jul 20, 2026

Two teenagers, aided by an arborist, climbed a 100-foot pine tree outside a Pasadena high school Saturday to dramatize a campaign to stop a soil remediation project calling for the removal of nearly 200 trees at several school campuses.

Jul 20, 2026

A state decision that will force an Oakland charter school to shutter has raised questions about vague standards and left charter advocates concerned that it could have far-reaching implications.