California's public schools are progressing under the state's 2-year-old reform program despite teacher shortages and deteriorating buildings, an independent research group reported Wednesday. The university-based group, Policy Analysis for California Education, said in a preliminary report that more high...

Labor Day marks the official end of the vacation season for most people, including students. Motorists might keep that in mind Tuesday and on the days to follow, approaching schools the way they did when they were children themselves. Very...

California faces a critical shortage of classroom space to accommodate a deluge of new public school students expected in the next decade. The state Department of Finance has forecast an statewide enrollment jump of more than 1 million students--a 26.5%...

California faces a critical shortage of classroom space to accommodate a deluge of new public school students expected in the next decade. The state Department of Finance has forecast an enrollment jump of more than one million students—a 26.5% increase—in...

More California high school students are taking tougher courses like math and science, according to a research report. Between 1982–83 and 1984–85, the number of math and science courses and the number of students taking them both increased 20 percent...

California's teacher training colleges are turning out poorly trained teachers who are "rubber stamped" by the state's certifying process and sent into the classrooms ill prepared to serve the millions of children put under their care, according to a new...

California "simply rubber-stamps" graduates of education schools before sending them into the classrooms, says a new report critical of state teaching standards. But two San Diego city school district officials say more money and higher public esteem would be necessary...

Two of California’s most highly regarded education professors, with a $300,000 foundation award, are directing a project to help close what they see as a serious information gap for state policymakers. The new project, called PACE (for Policy Analysis for...