Bay Area School Tracker

Los Gatos Wildcats (12-1) climbed to No. 5 in the Chronicle Metro rankings after a 40-12 win over Milpitas, avenging their earlier 19-0 loss. The...

Hundreds rallied in Mountain View on Oct. 17 along El Camino Real to promote early voting ahead of November elections, including local school board...

The School Freedom Act of 2026, introduced October 16 by Rep. Nancy Mace, would redirect portions of roughly $80 billion in annual federal K-12 funds...

ETS Breach Notification Underway

• ETS began notifying California students and families October 16 about unauthorized access to an SFTP site;...

California voters on Nov. 3 face a clear choice: make the high-income tax rates from Props 30 and 55 permanent after 2030 or let them expire.

• The...

Hamlin School's new four-story addition at 2120 Broadway would replace a play area with classrooms, art rooms, a maker’s studio and multipurpose...

A man was fatally shot Friday night on the 1100 block of Wisconsin Street in Potrero Hill, directly bordering Starr King Elementary School.

Confirmed...

California schools posted test score gains even as statewide enrollment plunged to 5.7 million students—a loss of 74,000 from last year amid a decade-long decline that directly affects school funding formulas for local districts.

• CSBA suffered a malicious cyberattack causing outages to its website, training registration, and email systems, with registration for conferences...

California's math recovery remains stalled, with only 37% of students meeting standards in 2025—down from pre-pandemic levels and showing stark gaps...

Dublin teen Saanvi Phaneendra turned a 2024 Starship sonic boom encounter into the Galactic Getaway project, now showcasing eleven international...

California posted modest 2025-26 gains in English (+0.5 points) and math (+1 point), with San Francisco reading scores above average and strong...

• Only 30.49% of California 11th graders met math standards in 2024-25, prompting over 3,000 UC faculty to call for restoring SAT/ACT requirements for...

Key 2026 bills signed into law with potential Bay Area family impacts:

• AB 387 requires youth sports groups to access AEDs at practices/matches from...

SFUSD's 5-2 vote scraps the decades-old citywide lottery for a neighborhood school guarantee, limiting choice to specific citywide programs.

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Palo Alto Unified faces a $33 million shortfall and must decide soon whether to renew its expiring parcel tax in a March 2027 special election or wait...

California's lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Education aim to block attempts to withhold federal K-12 funds from districts maintaining DEI...

Moms for Liberty's new M4L AWARE AI will scan agendas across 13,000 districts and rate items "naughty or nice" on issues like DEI, gender identity,...

Anuradha Sankaran's MUSD board campaign highlights three priorities with direct implications for local families.

• Academic excellence: Pushes...

Bay Area districts are turning to on-site housing to tackle teacher retention amid soaring local costs.

• Mountain View, Santa Clara, Berkeley, and...