Researchers say CA Master Plan is obsolete, structural changes to increase degree production and intense focus on racial equity are needed. Calling California Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) degree programs, “potentially the best vehicle to transform who accesses and succeeds in...

New school enrollment numbers in California point to an uncomfortable truth: California may have too many schools for its shrinking student population. As declining enrollment puts pressure on school district budgets, many districts are considering school closures — an option...

Community college baccalaureate programs in California can help more Black and Latino students earn bachelor’s degrees in a state that badly needs a more educated workforce, according to a new report. The Civil Rights Project at the University of California...

New state data Tuesday dashed educators’ hopes for a post-Covid rebound statewide in TK-12 enrollment. Although substantially less severe than the past two years of record declines, the number of students enrolled in California public schools fell 39,696 to 5.85...

Enrollment at California’s public schools continued to drop for the sixth straight year, with a loss of nearly 40,000 students between this year and last. The situation was especially dire in the six-county Bay Area, with declines nearly double that...

We may have good reasons to close our local K-12 schools for days or weeks. But we should keep them open anyway. That’s because, in California, we are closing schools so routinely that we’re harming children who are already in...

Students from low-income households and certain racial and ethnic groups have a higher percentage of their school absences deemed unexcused than their peers, which means they are more likely to be met with consequences after missing school, rather than support...

A new report, Examining Disparities in Unexcused Absences Across California Schools, shows how overuse of the “unexcused” label for student absences could be deepening education inequities and interfering with efforts to improve attendance. Any absence is concerning because it represents...

After the tumultuous recall of three Board of Education members in 2022, San Francisco public school officials pledged to sideline adult politics and focus on students — specifically outcomes in reading, math, and college readiness, all of which have shown...