Tag: Education

Growing up in Tulare County in California's Central Valley, Greg Salcedo never had access to mental health resources or support at his rural school....

Our education system has long been criticized for favoring theoretical learning over practical skills and abilities. The traditional one-size-fits-all approach to education has left...

Generative artificial intelligence tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT have become increasingly popular among college students, with 56% admitting to using AI tools for assignments or...

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon, a longtime ally and financial backer, as his nominee for Secretary of Education. Despite education not being...

Cal State universities have been making strides in improving their graduation rates, with 14 campuses seeing an increase in their six-year graduation rates compared...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also known as M.I.T., made a groundbreaking announcement on Wednesday. Starting next fall, undergraduate students from families earning less than...

California's K-12 schools have shown progress in various areas during the last school year, with a slight increase in graduation rates, reduced suspensions, and...

In 1994, I worked as the press secretary for the U.S. Department of Education during a challenging time when Republicans threatened to shut us...

Conservatives in Florida are taking a new approach to combat what they perceive as progressive ideology in higher education. Instead of engaging in explosive...

The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) recently projected that there will be higher revenues in 2025-26 for TK-12 schools and community colleges in California than...

The California State University Board of Trustees met on November 20, 2024, to discuss the proposed merger of Cal Maritime in Vallejo with Cal...

This map shows data collected from the California State Water Resources Control Board and various school districts regarding lead levels in drinking water. The...

Oakland students recently gathered in front of city hall to advocate for lead-free drinking water in their schools. The students shared their concerns about...

Pittsburg Unified School District in the Bay Area recently resolved a lawsuit that claimed Black students and English learners were unfairly treated in terms...

California Community Colleges: New STEM Math Placement Changes ExplainedIf you’re a student at one of California’s community colleges and you plan to study a...

California Community Colleges: Battling Financial Aid Fraud California's community colleges have been facing a surge in financial aid fraud perpetrated by scammers posing as students,...

The University of California has announced a significant increase in tuition for out-of-state undergraduate students who will be entering the university in the upcoming...

California's ambitious arts education initiative, Proposition 28, faces significant challenges in Los Angeles due to a shortage of teachers and classroom space, according to...

You are being excessed. Those three little words were spoken by my principal at the first staff meeting, my first day back at work, just...

California's State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond, held a news conference in Sacramento on Friday to address President-elect Donald Trump's plans to abolish...

School board elections have been a hot topic in California recently, with tensions rising between conservative and progressive candidates over educational policies regarding gender...

Californians recently voted in favor of a $10 billion initiative to support construction projects for schools and community colleges. This victory for Proposition 2...

The re-election of Donald Trump is expected to lead to a period of conflict and tension between the White House and California's political and...

Alejandra Lopez, a political science student at Cal Poly Pomona, was deeply distressed to see Donald Trump potentially winning a second term in office...

As the nation focuses on the presidential elections, two local school board races in Oakland and Berkeley are making history for a different reason....

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have different views on education and the role of the federal government in shaping it. The election outcome today...

Last year, my seventh-grade math class embarked on a unique project that involved designing and creating piñatas with specific volume and surface area constraints....

After years of neglect and underfunding, California's schools are facing a crisis. Many students are attending schools with unsafe conditions, outdated buildings, and inadequate...

San Francisco is in a critical situation regarding its schools and needs to avoid a state takeover at all costs. Education veteran Carl A....

Transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds has been promoted as a way to improve declining enrollment and provide universal preschool. However, some districts are facing...