California Education Policy Digest

The guide frames TrustCircle as the documentation layer behind school funding, while stating its own limits. Its headline promises to turn student...

This election raises four national questions that could shape K-12 policy beyond November:

• Congress: Forecasters project Democrats will capture a...

Experts quoted in the coverage point to several levers schools and policymakers could pull:

• Vendor accountability: Levin suggested clearer security...

The statewide implementation plan, required under Assembly Bill 2074, was developed to get the EL Roadmap's vision and mission into classrooms. Its...

• Written state complaints rose 7% nationally from 2023-24 to 2024-25, continuing a trend rising since 2020.
• California, Texas and Massachusetts...

Administrative efficiencies may offer savings without cutting programs, since manual finance work consumes staff time.

• One district's results: trip...

The Sacramento Bee checked facts behind key local races ahead of the 2026 midterms. Before trusting a claim, these are worth verifying:

• Arena...

Four years in, more than 6.1 million California children hold CalKIDS scholarships backed by more than $2.4 billion in public investment.

• Claims...

The fight over community college bachelor's degrees is largely about institutional turf. Cal State saw it as poaching, and UC opposed Cal State's push...

Start with the district overview, then review individual school and student group results. A few points help with interpretation:

• No overall...

The race is for a role that is changing mid-campaign.

• Shifted power: The superintendent will no longer lead the Department of Education; a...

Voters in 82 California school districts will decide 87 bond measures totaling $12.6 billion this year. Districts cite needs ranging from roofs and...

ACE and more than 40 other higher-education associations want the IRS to withdraw a proposal that could strip private nonprofit colleges of tax-exempt...

WestEd's initial briefs examine which arts disciplines schools offered and how many courses and full-time equivalent staff they added using Prop 28...

Education has barely featured on the campaign trail, but experts and commentators are already laying out the to-do list.

• UC funding: The governor...

This Request for Applications offers incentives for local educational agencies to build community college partnerships that give high schoolers access...

A new UC fellowship is bringing dialogue training into engineering classrooms. Amir Saeidi, assistant professor of teaching in materials science and...

Facilities costs can cut into what charter students get. At one Magnolia campus, weekly music instruction was discontinued this school year because of...

Even with a new state law allowing higher trustee pay, 62% of 2,225 races are not on the ballot because nobody filed or a single candidate is...

Janet Gomez Rios's path shows how family and campus support can make college possible. As the oldest daughter in an immigrant family, she translated...