Teachers unions in Los Angeles and San Francisco are ready to strike following nearly a year of contract negotiations that have stalled over demands like pay and staffing. If San Francisco educators walk out, it will be the city’s first teacher strike in nearly 50 years. United Educators of San Francisco approved a walkout with the second...

The Trump administration says California schools violated parents’ rights by pressuring schools to keep students’ gender transitions a secret. In the decision announced Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education told state officials that they can resolve the dispute by treating any school “gender support plans” as education records available for parents’ inspection and let districts...

For the past 17 years, former Los Angeles school board members and staff have trekked to a ranch in the mountains southwest of Denver to enjoy the company of their onetime district superintendent, Roy Romer. Wielding chainsaws, they helped the 97-year-old former Colorado governor clear out fallen timber this year to make a path for...

This article is part of Bright Spots, The 74’s series highlighting schools where every child learns to read, no matter their zip code. Explore the Bright Spots map to find out which schools are beating the odds in terms of literacy versus poverty rates. In general, a school with a lower poverty rate is going to have higher...

Two-thirds of states don’t provide paid parental leave for teachers beyond their accumulated sick days, according to a new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality. The research revealed that of the 16 states that require districts to offer paid parental leave, only two — Arkansas and Delaware — give teachers their full wages...

This story was originally published on EdSource. Over the past two decades, educational technology has fundamentally reshaped teaching and learning. Digital tools have transformed instructional delivery, assessment, intervention and access to resources for students with diverse needs. As an educator who has taught at the elementary, middle and high school levels, I recognize the powerful...

A year has passed since historic wildfires scorched vast swaths of Los Angeles and eight schools, where enrollment is still a fraction of what it was before the fires.  The schools have mostly reopened after prolonged closures, using temporary classrooms. But the fires, which killed dozens and left thousands homeless, have chopped enrollment by half...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday proposed paring down the responsibilities of California’s elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction and shifting more power to the State Board of Education. “California can no longer postpone reforms that have been recommended regularly for a century,” Newsom said, referring to...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The past few years, California has been all about the ABCs, 1-2-3s and the wheels on the bus, investing more than $5 billion in early childhood education. But kindergarten, a staple of elementary schools for more than a century, remains optional. Despite nearly...

This story was originally published on LAist. The Trump administration says it’s planning to freeze about $10 billion in federal support for needy families in California and four other Democrat-run states, as the president announced an investigation into unspecified fraud in California. The plans come on the heels of the Trump administration announcing a freeze on...