John Fensterwald

A bill that would have required California teachers to use the “science of reading,” which spotlights phonics, to teach children to read has died without a hearing.

Critics question accreditation of a program they say won't adhere to new standards on structured literacy

Delaine Eastin, the only woman elected as California’s superintendent of public instruction, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke. She was 76. She assumed the nonpartisan office in 1995, when the superintendent’s main power was persuasion. In a court decision preceding her election the State Board of Education had wrested sole power to set state education policy from the state superintendent. But admirers said... read more

Advocates for English learners question out reference to phonics instruction in AB 1115

A multi-ethnic group of elementary age children are playing with blocks in class at their desks.

In federal civil rights complaint, they charge the district ignores harassment and bullying, and ignores its commitment to fairness.

ON FEB. 28, two Jewish civil rights organizations filed a complaint with the federal Education Department's Office for Civil Rights urging an

Federal complaint details incidents in East Bay school district

California Rep. Kevin Kiley presses on district's hiring of anti-Zionist curriculum consultant

Amid a further decline in state revenue, Newsom would empty rainy fund for TK-12 and community colleges