Elk Grove Unified director of elementary school education Jodi Boyle gets tips on how to use a canvassing app before she heads out in support of Measure N, a school facilities bond. Diana Lambert/EdSource California school board races, largely ignored by voters until the 2022 election, are again taking center stage. The California Teachers Association(CTA), […]
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Cal State Northridge is one of 23 CSU System institutions. Larry Gordon/EdSource As the end of a decadelong push to graduate more students nears, California State University made slight progress in 2024 on increasing the four-year graduation rate for freshmen but saw six-year freshman rates stall and four-year transfer rates drop, new statistics show. Those
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The UC Riverside parking lot is filled with the cars of students who commute. Credit: Omisha Sangani As we head into a second year of delays and confusion around FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, it is more important than ever to revisit the daunting financial scene many college students face today. Beyond
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A student works on her college applications as deadlines draw closer. Photo: Photo: Julie Leopo/EdSource Este artículo está disponible en Español. Léelo en español. College applications are open for the fall 2025 term, and deadlines are looming. California’s two public university systems — the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) — provide the state’s
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Eight-foot gates surround Del Sol High School in Oxnard in 2023. Credit: Julie Leopo / EdSource The shooting in September at Apalachee High School in Georgia, which left two students and two teachers dead and nine people wounded, was the latest in a line of multiple-casualty shootings at schools in the United States. Given the
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A special education class at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland. Alison Yin / EdSource California schools will soon have a template for special education programs translated into 10 languages in addition to English. Advocates and parents of children with disabilities who speak languages other than English say it is a tiny step forward, but
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School officials said they are currently working on dealing with the wave of new students coming from the Villages of Patterson development under construction. School officials and community members and school officials worry that the schools will not be able to handle another large-scale wave of development without a mitigation agreement. Credit: Emma Gallegos /
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Madera Community College is in the rural Central Valley. Fresno State, about 22 miles away, is the closest four-year public university. Credit: Ashleigh Panoo / EdSource Why is it harder for community college students studying far from four-year universities to transfer? The answer to that question — which is at the heart of a new
Classrooms for career technical education are cramped, and the Wasco Union High School District hopes to expand them with Proposition 2. Credit: Emma Gallegos / EdSource After decades of disinvestment and neglect, it’s clear that California’s schools are in desperate need of repair. Many school districts across the state are struggling with dilapidated buildings, old
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Two children use a laptop to go online. Credit: Mary Taylor / Pexels Not all screen time is created equal, and how kids spend it, whether creatively or passively, can make all the difference. For instance, young children who watch a “Bluey” episode or play a memory game with their parents can build new cognitive
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