Diana Lambert

California teachers unions and conservative groups have intensified efforts to get their favored candidates elected to district school boards on Nov. 5.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD races, largely ignored by voters until the 2022 election, are again taking center stage. The California Teachers Association

Today’s election could revolutionize how children are educated in the U.S., depending on who gets elected president. Donald Trump wants to eliminate programs, while Kamala Harris wants to make child care more affordable and relieve college debt.

Donald Trump's election could have major implications for California and its students. The president-elect has promised to deport undocumented immigrants and to cut funding to schools with 'woke' policies.

Many California children and their families, including immigrants, transgender students and Black and Latino students, are feeling fear and uncertainty.

Political signs for the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified school board are on display at an intersection in Yorba Linda.

Improvements in student scores, graduation and chronic absentee rates are signs California is moving past pandemic learning loss.

Uncivil discourse and hostile rhetoric has divided school communities, disrupted school board meetings and cost districts a combined $3.2 billion last school year, according to recently released research.

Conflicts between parents, teachers and school leaders over parental rights policies focusing on LGBTQ+ students, limitations on teaching about race and racism and book bans have come with a cost — both socially and financially.

“In the 2023-24 school year, the district spent an additional $100,000 on security, hiring armed plainclothes off-duty officers … because people coming to the board meetings are unpredictable and sometimes violent.”