Five Saratoga High School students earned kudos for their short documentary about a small California city that is a dumping ground for toxic waste. Seniors Simarya Ahuja, George Hu, Nicita …
If there’s a clear winner in the ongoing culture war clashes involving Temecula’s school board, it’s probably the lawyers. Since a conservative majority took office in December, legal costs directly …
BY CAROLYN JONES AND MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN | CalMatters For students of color, the Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action has left them frustrated but undaunted as they plow through …
American higher education is in a tug-of-war over the merits and potential abuses of AI. Fearing the self-learning artificial intelligence algorithm will render meaningless the traditional teacher-student relationship, some want …
OAKLAND — The special election next week for a key Oakland school board seat features two candidates, but only one will get a flashy mailer delivered to voters’ mailboxes in …
This time last year, John Carlo Chan was teaching students half a world away. He’d been educating 30 kids on the autism spectrum in his native Philippines. But when a …
Across California, the two groups of children living in more tenuous home environments — foster youth and those experiencing homelessness — are also the most likely to be sent home …
Five years ago, California embarked on an ambitious plan to bring computer science to all K-12 students, bolstering the state economy and opening doors to promising careers — especially for …
It’s been two years since California’s students returned to the classroom. But the Golden State’s newly released assessment test scores show that across both the Bay Area and the state, …
Some Marin residents are calling for stronger action by the Tamalpais Union High School District to address a video with a racial slur that was made and shared by Tamalpais …