This story was originally published on EdSource A new survey paints a difficult but optimistic picture of California’s youth.  About 94% of young people in the state said they experience regular mental health challenges — up from 87% in 2023, with one-third reporting their mental health as “fair” or “poor,” according to a new report by Blue Shield...

This story was originally published on EdSource. The Los Angeles Unified School District’s school board approved a new employment agreement for Superintendent Alberto Carvalho at Tuesday’s board meeting, weeks after unanimously reappointing him.  Carvalho said during the Sept. 17 meeting that he would not accept any salary increases or additional benefits, and the agreement approved by the board...

One in four young adults across the U.S. is functionally illiterate – yet more than half earned high school diplomas, according to recently released data. The number of 16-to-24 year olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data released in December from the National...

In a win for the nation’s second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified students bounced back from the pandemic, posting big gains on state reading and math tests.  L.A. Unified surpassed pre-pandemic math, reading and science levels on 2024-25 state test scores released Thursday and closed the gap with the rest of California, even as the...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This fall, every high school in California was supposed to offer ethnic studies — a one-semester class focused on the struggles and triumphs of marginalized communities. But the class appears stalled, at least for now, after the state budget omitted funding for it...

This story was originally published on EdSource. On a sunny Tuesday morning, students, parents and community members walked atop the bluffs alongside charred foliage and barren lots, back to Marquez Charter Elementary — almost nine months after the Palisades fire ravaged the school site and surrounding region, sparing only three classrooms in its wake.  For...

For Alicia Albek, a home-based child care provider in Los Angeles, Jan. 7 began like a typical Tuesday. She opened her child care program, Alicia’s Place, at 8 a.m. as she had for almost 30 years. Six infants and toddlers arrived ready to play and learn. Around 10:30 a.m., Albek received a call from a...

This story was originally published at EdSource With a state mandate looming, the Los Angeles Unified School District this week joined other districts in preparing to introduce a semester of personal finance by the Legislature’s 2027-28 deadline.  The LAUSD school board gave the go-ahead on Tuesday while stipulating that elements of financial literacy and economic...

This story was originally published on EdSource. Lawmakers waited until the final hours of the final day of the legislative session to resolve two of the most contentious TK-12 education issues: confronting rising antisemitism in schools and clamping down on charter school fraud.  Facing a stalemate on the former issue and a standoff between charter...

She wanted to earn credentials that would allow her to advance in the field, but it was slow going. Briones, 55, was working 40 hours a week at the San Francisco Bay area child care center and tending to her own family. It was tough to find the time and money to attend classes on...