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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
UC regents appear to support future tuition increases, but are skeptical of bigger ones
Top Takeaways UC is likely to continue raising tuition for each incoming class and then freezing the cost for that […]
July 17, 2025
Students with discrimination complaints left in limbo, months after California civil rights office closed
K.D. was just starting to believe that the racial harassment her daughter had experienced at school for the last three […]
July 16, 2025
How mariachi programs keep students like me culturally connected in college
As a student of Mexican, Guatemalan and Salvadoran heritage at UC Berkeley, adjusting to life at a prestigious institution has […]
July 16, 2025
Buffeted by change, California charter schools continue to grow amid scrutiny
Top Takeaways Charter schools’ enrollment has grown slowly since the pandemic, while overall public school enrollment has declined significantly. Most […]
July 14, 2025
How my twin helped me excel in high school and college
In my junior year of high school, I walked up to the batter’s box at Oracle Park — the same […]
July 13, 2025
Erratic results, high costs doomed this districtwide student improvement program
Top Takeaways Fresno Unified and its teachers union reached an agreement in mid-June to attempt to mitigate the impacts of […]
July 11, 2025
Bill to provide descendants of slavery preference in college admissions moves forward
Top Takeaways Assembly Bill 7, which would allow colleges and universities to give preference to students who are descendants of […]
July 10, 2025
As ethnic studies mandate withers, it’s clear state leaders misled districts
Last week, the California Legislature let its widely heralded 2021 high school ethnic studies bill, AB 101, silently lapse after […]
July 8, 2025