Decades of underinvestment in schools, culture battles over bilingual education, and stark income inequality have made California the least literate state in the nation, as Capitol Weekly reported.

A new report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce projects that by 2031, 72% of jobs in the country will require a college degree or some sort of post-secondary training.

The latest education news updates from EdSource.News Brief Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — 9:29 am Women of color child care providers face the heaviest burden, report finds The pandemic may have ...

The latest education news updates from EdSource.News Brief Wednesday, April 6, 2022 — 8:59 am Teachers often work a second job outside of the classroom Cara Rothrock got her first job working at a ...

The timeframe Bonta mentioned refers to settlements entered into in January 2021 between the state attorney general’s office, ...

The California State University system’s budget gap is now up to $2.3 billion, and it is unclear where the money to fill it ...

This summer, school districts have been able to offer an array of innovative summer “enrichment” programs that are both fun ...

The latest education news updates from EdSource.News Brief Tuesday, June 17, 2025 — 11:15 am Teachers union head Randi Weingarten quits DNC post in dispute with chairman American Federation of ...

As fires and smoke continue to engulf various parts of Los Angeles, LAUSD announced all of its campuses and offices will be closed Thursday, according to an update released at 5 p.m. Wednesday. “As ...

The Trump administration has canceled roughly $56 million in research grants that support Bay Area universities’ research, including those from the National Institutes of Health aimed at promoting ...

The Trump administration sent a letter to California threatening to withhold federal funding because of references to gender identity in its sexual education curriculum. A letter from the ...

The latest education news updates from EdSource.News Brief Wednesday, December 8, 2021 — 9:23 am Eight out of 10 Gen Zers say social media distracts from school A recent survey assessing the impact of ...