Austin Beutner, who has no background as an educator, was widely seen as the more politically connected of two finalists, as well as being the prospect...
The Social Justice Humanitas Academy is one of a handful of community schools that have been dramatically closing opportunity and achievement gaps in some of Los...
The Janus v. AFSCME case that landed before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday may not only affect the destiny of public-sector unions, but also how much...
Of California's roughly 223,000 DACA recipients, an estimated 5,000 are working teachers, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington think tank.
The political journey between good intentions and the statute book was twisted even by Sacramento standards in 2017. But there was more -- much more.
At first David Sirota thought there was no hidden story behind the Republican tax bill. Then a tax lawyer called -- it turned out there was...
And Then They Came For Us is not the first film to tell the story of Executive Order 9066. Rarely, however, has any account of this...
Co-published by AlterNet A Supreme Court case that could topple the power of California's unions has been a perfect storm gathering for 40 years.
The stage has been set for a Tuesday showdown between charter school operators and the Los Angeles Unified School District office charged with charter school oversight.
The 25-year experiment with charter schools has been a failure, former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch said this week at the annual conference of the...
Co-published by International Business Times There’s little economic reason why California couldn’t go it alone with its own single-payer health insurance -- and a host of reasons...
Co-published by International Business Times Since 2004, California’s public university students have collectively racked up student debt in excess of $12 billion. There was a time when...
When American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten traveled the country during her annual national back-to-school tour this year, she purposely weighted her itinerary with stops...
Co-published by Newsweek With momentum on infrastructure rebuilding stalled, the Trump administration this week is moving ahead to repeal a two-year initiative dating from the Obama...
There are well over a hundred specialized STEM schools and programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District. So why are a handful of California politicians...
This week could be decisive in determining how many of the over 20 million Americans and five million Californians who gained health insurance under the Affordable...
When the Finance and Administration Committee of CalPERS, the giant public-sector pension fund, met Wednesday morning in Sacramento, its agenda included a vote on a seemingly...
A Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar has made an unexpected leap from Central Park’s outdoor Delacorte Theater to the echo chamber of right-wing...
A low-turnout Los Angeles election, which set a new record as the most expensive school board contest in U.S. history, resulted in a 57-43 percent victory...
A new charter school in affluent Ross Valley marks the latest chapter in California’s education wars.