Day: July 23, 2020

CA’s smallest school districts face big hurdles in planning for next school year. Some small districts don’t have enough computers or reliable internet service in

School funding in California has long adhered to the guiding principle that the money follows the student. But under this year’s education budget, lawmakers and

Sending a child off to kindergarten has a deep emotional resonance in the lives of many parents. They fill social media with pictures of their

Dissatisfied with the uneven quality of distance learning among school districts after they closed in March, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature established minimum requirements

We’re smack in the middle of July. Coronavirus cases, as of today, are rising in 39 states. Schools face intense—and divisive—pressure to say how they

Tensions consumed the upper echelon of district leadership last year and culminated in the assistant superintendent of business services agreeing to resign in exchange for

Gov. Newsom didn’t mention it in his hour-long press conference, but new state guidelines banning in-school instruction in counties on a monitoring list for coronavirus

With the first day of school on the horizon, some Nevada families dissatisfied with the school options available to them this fall are turning instead

As pressure mounts for teachers to return to their classrooms this fall, concerns about health risks from the coronavirus are pushing many toward alternatives, including

California’s pension fund for teachers missed its investment target for the last fiscal year, reflecting a global market downturn brought on by the coronavirus outbreak.