Category: California Department Of Education
What is happening to ethnic studies in California?
Top Takeaways All high school students were expected to be required to take an ethnic studies class in order to […]
October 21, 2025
California leaders warn schools: English learner rights remain despite Trump rollback
Top Takeaways The Trump administration rescinded guidelines about how schools should teach English learners. California, which has its own guidance, […]
September 8, 2025
How a Sacramento charter school misused $180 million and became a poster child for reform
Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools opened in Sacramento in 2014 with high ideals — to help adult students, many […]
September 3, 2025
California joins effort to cut chronic absenteeism in half by 2030
Top Takeaways California aims to cut chronic absenteeism in half over the next five years and has issued a guide […]
August 22, 2025
Trump administration unfreezes billions in federal education funds after outcry
The Trump administration plans to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funds for the current school year after an outcry […]
July 25, 2025
California releases long-awaited teacher data, revealing demographic shifts
Top Takeaways The number of teachers in the state increased to 285,891 since the 2019-20 school year. Hispanic teachers increased […]
July 17, 2025
Newsom promises funding to jump-start early literacy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed Thursday that the state budget will include hundreds of millions of dollars to fund legislation […]
June 6, 2025
Federal investigation targets California ban on parental notification policies
Jennifer Vietz’s transgender daughter came out to a teacher and friends at her school’s Gay Straight Alliance group. “If my daughter […]
March 28, 2025