Not far from a birthplace of the Black Lives Matter movement, a school district convulses after Black history and literature classes are canceled.
Using money, mass mobilizations and culture wars, church leaders get their members — and sometimes themselves — elected to office.
Tim Thompson engineered a school board takeover by recruiting and financing candidates who run against race, religion and gender identity policies.
Danny Gonzalez, one of three members elected in 2022 who voted to report transgender students to their parents and ban critical race theory, has left the board.
Without developing other good pathways besides the bachelor’s degree, a majority will continue to struggle for decent jobs and social standing.
Culture wars rage as school board puts $93,000 in new library books in storage and bans titles by Judy Blume and Dr. Seuss.
Students and teachers say Temecula’s far-right school board endangers free speech as well as their safety.
Residents with different agendas united this year to remove members who attacked teaching on race and LGBTQ+ topics. Some Black recall supporters say the community has failed for decades to fight racism.
Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars.
A new bill would marry labor, environmental and educational interests — potentially forging a new path for bipartisan climate policy.
Community schools reduce health disparities by bringing medical, mental health, and wellness resources to the campuses students and families visit daily.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools.
The district’s massive cash reserve could cover the demands of striking workers. There is a way, but is there the will?
LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.
In December, legislators killed a controversial abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.
A new poll of teachers sounds a red alert for public education in the state.
The uneven impact of the pandemic has fallen heaviest on the most vulnerable students in the state.
Districts struggle to fill open positions and see new waves of teacher departures this summer.
With community schools, acting locally is proving a winning idea.
An ‘onslaught’ of school protest aims to do what California’s government has struggled to achieve: keep students safe.