Summer college enrollment up as Pell Grant money flows, helping students to...
Federal financial aid changes are producing significant enrollment increases in summer classes at many California colleges and raising hopes that students will be graduating faster as a result. Cal...
View ArticleFederal spending on children projected to drop substantially over next decade
Federal spending on children will drop about a quarter within a decade, as appropriations for the elderly and rising interest payments on a soaring national debt will squeeze spending on America’s...
View ArticleCalifornia kids who didn’t learn to read and write to get day in court
California Supreme Justice Goodwin Liu raised court-watchers’ eyebrows two years ago when the court declined to consider a much-watched lawsuit over the adequacy of state education funding, but Liu...
View ArticleCalifornia student leaders focus on college affordability
The three students who vote on the governing boards of California’s three gigantic systems of higher education say they want to focus attention this year on the costs of housing and textbooks. While...
View ArticleCommunity colleges try new ‘pathway’ to student success
California’s community colleges are embarking on the most far-reaching reform they have ever adopted, in a bid to tackle their biggest challenge: to improve on historically low rates of student...
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New ‘friendlier’ look coming for California’s school dashboard
By John Fensterwald, EdSource The dashboard is the website that rates districts, schools and student groups on test scores, student suspensions and a range of measures on a scale of five colors. It’s a...
View ArticleSuspensions in California schools drop, but trouble spots remain
By David Washburn, EdSource What youth and civil rights advocates have called a decades-long suspension epidemic in California schools is showing signs of subsiding, with a new report finding that...
View ArticleUnder local pressure, California school districts adopt lower lead limits for...
By Nico Savidge and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource Part three of a special report from EdSource revealing the extent of lead contamination in water in schools across California where water has been tested....
View ArticleLead problems in water linger at Los Angeles schools, despite years of...
By Nico Savidge and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource Part two of a special report from EdSource revealing the extent of lead contamination in water in schools across California where water has been tested....
View ArticleGaps in California law requiring schools to test for lead could leave...
By Nico Savidge and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource Part one of a special report from EdSource revealing the extent of lead contamination in water in schools across California where water has been tested....
View ArticleCalifornia Department of Education limited in ability to help districts...
BY LOUIS FREEDBERG and JOHN FENSTERWALD, EdSource A major thrust of landmark education reforms introduced during Gov. Jerry Brown’s tenure has been to emphasize local control of schools and to view the...
View ArticleDespite concerns, CSU leaders appear ready to require extra year of high...
By MICHAEL BURKE, EdSource California State University leaders signaled Wednesday, Nov. 21 that they will move forward with a controversial plan to require a fourth year of high school math for...
View ArticleUniversity of California under pressure from within to abandon SAT and ACT...
Pressures are mounting on the University of California to end its 50 year old practice of requiring freshman applicants to take the SAT or ACT — this time from some of its most senior leaders. While...
View ArticleSchools fail to identify thousands of homeless children, state audit finds
By Carolyn Jones, EdSource California schools undercounted their homeless students by at least 37 percent in 2017-18, failing to provide them transportation, counseling, connections to social services...
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The long road to college from California’s small towns
Counselor Jill McWilliams encourages students to consider four-year colleges. Photo courtesy EdSource Only 20 percent of Shasta College’s students go on to secure bachelor’s degrees. Photo courtesy...
View ArticleCoronavirus: UC system suspends SAT/ACT requirements for 2021 applicants
The University of California is drastically relaxing its fall 2021 admissions standards for applicants who are currently high school juniors, including suspending the requirement that they take...
View ArticleCal State faculty call for reforms to improve racial justice across system
Faculty across California State University are calling for a series of reforms meant to advance racial justice across the 23-campus system, from requiring students to take a class in ethnic studies to...
View ArticleCommunity colleges struggle with students’ food needs as pandemic increases...
By Betty Márquez Rosales, EdSource With reduced work hours and a baby on the way, Maraya Bermudez stocks up on groceries for the week at the food pantry on her community college campus. She frequented...
View ArticleUniversity of California must stop all use of SAT and ACT in admissions,...
By Michael Burke, EdSource University of California must suspend all use of SAT and ACT scores in admissions, a judge ruled, siding with attorneys representing students with disabilities who argued...
View ArticleCalifornia’s K-12 funding formula likely to change, but there’s disagreement...
By John Fensterwald EdSource For the first time since its adoption eight years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change the formula that determines more than 70% of California school districts’ annual...
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