School’s out for summer, and for many California parents, that means worrying a little extra about how kids will fare over the next few months. Will their new routines and activities be rewarding or will they add stress? Will they stay connected with the mentors who support them?  Will they have setbacks without the structure...

This story was originally published on The 19th. On July 4, Nory Sontay Ramos stepped off a flight from San Antonio into a country she hardly recognized: Guatemala. The summer wasn’t supposed to start this way. The 17-year-old had plans. In early June, she wrapped up 11th grade on a high note, having made the...

This story was originally published on EdSource. Just days after the California Department of Education and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) leaders refused to ban transgender athletes from high school sports, the Trump administration sued the state’s Education Department, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Education on June 25 said that the state Education...

This story was published in partnership with The Post and Courier. Carter was in first grade when the suspensions began. His mom describes it as the year “all hell broke loose.” As he made his way through the public school system in York County, South Carolina, the now-15-year-old, who has multiple disabilities, continued to struggle....

This story was originally published on EdSource. Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, will be officially retired and replaced with a literacy performance assessment to ensure educators are prepared to teach students to read. The Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) has been a major hurdle for teacher candidates for years....

The Los Angeles Unified School District just adopted a belt-tightening budget that school officials called a tough compromise — but the district’s teachers union and some education activists weren’t happy with the results.  The nation’s second-largest school district in June approved a $18.8 billion budget, avoiding layoffs by tapping into retirement money for teachers. School...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As the world settled into pandemic life, students who graduated from high school during the COVID-19 crisis started new chapters of their lives in social and academic seclusion. Many spent their senior year on Zoom, without homecomings, proms or graduations. They struggled to...

This story was originally published at the LAist The Los Angeles Unified board unanimously approved a $18.8 billion budget that relies on diminishing reserves to make ends meet. “There is a tempest ahead, uncertainty, instability, a threat to public education as we know it,” Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said as he gave updates to the district’s...

This story was originally published on EdSource. The Los Angeles Unified School District board has quietly authorized issuing a half-billion dollars in bonds to settle decades-old sexual abuse cases involving former students.  And that will likely not be enough to settle all the claims the nation’s second-largest school district is facing under 2019 legislation that allows victims...

Looming funding cuts threaten the academic progress of Black students in districts across California, according to a report by researchers at the University of Southern California. “The Cost of Equity: Exploring Recent K-12 Federal and State Funding Shifts and Their Impact on Black Students,” examines how changes in legislative and policy could impact California’s school...