After ending my fourth term as president of the California State Board of Education in 2019, I have begun to reflect, in my sixth decade of education policy, about what I did right and what I should have done differently...

Students file out of classrooms after the final bell rings. It’s the end of the day and they shuffle to their parents’ cars or the school bus to catch a ride home or to an extracurricular activity or job. Others...

Community college bachelor’s degree programs can provide a concrete pathway to socioeconomic mobility, while helping achieve the dream of completing a bachelor’s degree for students who have not been served by any other public college sector, especially among populations who...

Marin schools improved in several state metrics over the past year, especially student absences, according to new data. Chronic absenteeism declined in almost all of Marin’s K-8 school districts. Statewide, the percentage of all K-8 students who were absent for...

While an essential and very important part of USC Rossier’s mission is to prepare the next generation of education practitioners, leaders and scholars, we do so much more. Unlike many other academic schools or departments, a school of education is...

While schools in the Bay Area and across the state are seeing more students graduate and attend class, academic performance among students remains stagnant nearly five years after the pandemic. That’s according to new data from the California Department of...

The Los Angeles Unified School District showed strong gains in newly released state metrics and reached a record graduation rate, but overall academic performance fell well short of state learning goals. The latest release of state data indicated positive trends...

Among his campaign promises, Trump has vowed to dismantle the Department of Education, stating his intention to shift control of education back to the states. Additionally, he has proposed withholding funding from schools that recognize transgender students and deporting undocumented...

California’s public school students are continuing to rebound from the pandemic, with more showing up for class, more graduating and fewer misbehaving at school, according to new data released today. The California School Dashboard, a color-coded snapshot of how students...

In my years reporting on community colleges, I never knew that 29 campuses offer bachelor’s degrees (at the time of writing this). My goal — as a first-generation Latina student — is to receive a degree at one of the...