Education

Educators have been forced to become health care workers. California must create pandemic response teams and deploy them at public schools to manage the medical workload that is being left to teachers, principals, librarians and social workers.

California needs to reexamine policies that prevent retired teachers from returning as substitutes within their first six months of retirement.

While Los Angeles Unified became the first major district in the nation to issue a vaccine mandate for all eligible students, other school districts are in a holding pattern.

While many people complain about the ideological biases in the California Department of Education’s proposal to revolutionize the state mathematics curriculum, that’s not the main problem. This plan has fundamental issues of concern and will do no child any good. It is irresponsible to make the entire state a laboratory for very controversial educational theories, […]

The Republicans competing to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election would change the foundations of public education by “empowering parents” with school choice. But would that undercut public schools?

Cybersecurity advice is often scattered and difficult to understand if you’re not a tech expert — it can be brutal out there for school administrators, educators and parents trying to figure out how to protect their schools from cyberattacks. CalMatters spoke with over a dozen cybersecurity experts to help you out.

As ransomware attacks target them, some California schools are scrambling to respond while others have done little to protect themselves.

Read this article in English.  En resumen Las escuelas secundarias de California dicen que preparan a los estudiantes para la universidad, pero rara vez el público tiene los datos para ver si los estudiantes realmente llegaron a la universidad y prosperaron. California está atrasada a nivel nacional en datos públicos que muestran cómo los estudiantes se […]

Some school officials are flouting the updated state rules, saying students will be allowed to return to the classroom with or without a mask.

Gov. Newsom's predecessor poked a hole in his budget bubble by calling the state's spending "not sustainable" and predicting "fiscal stress."