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Credit: Julie Leopo / EdSource Every time former Superintendent Robin Jones walked into Kit Carson Elementary School, she remembered getting off the bus and walking down the hallway as a child.  Jones, who attended Kit Carson K-8, said coming back as an administrator “just happened.” She recalls becoming superintendent there partially because she didn’t want […]

Cal State Northridge Credit: Julie Leopo/EdSource The California State Auditor found California State University routinely failed to address sexual harassment allegations across some of its 23 campuses. The audit, released Tuesday, continues to shed light on a system in disarray and disorder. The state auditor reviewed multiple alleged cases of sexual harassment and several investigations

Sheilds Library at UC Davis. Credit: Karin HIggins/UC Davis The UC system is failing its disabled students. Across campuses, disability support services responsible for providing students with the accommodations they need to keep up with our abled peers report that they are overworked and understaffed. If the University of California hopes to reach its ambitious

The search committee for the next CSU chancellor held the second of three public forums at Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday. Emma Gallegos/EdSource This story has been updated to include comments and additional information. Sexual harassment and discrimination complaints across California State University are largely ignored, according to a long-awaited report. The nation’s largest public

California State University, Bakersfield Reports to the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance, which includes Title IX “are very low, and students report limited awareness of the office and its function.” The office needs to “communicate a positive and caring tone to university students, faculty, and staff, as the current perception held by many campus

Credit: Owen Lavine / EdSource My dad and I sat slouched over his computer on a warm summer night a few months before the start of my junior year of college. We had been browsing my school’s financial aid website crunching every number. We were trying to squeeze me through college on the thinnest budget

Dante Johnson, right, a LAUSD volunteer, distributes meals to Patricia Martinez with her children in her vehicle at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles on March 18, 2020. Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Polaris Pandemic-era policies like eviction moratoriums, the expanded child tax credit, increased food stamp benefits and free school meals helped decrease hardship for

Modoc High School’s 2023 graduating class. Credit: Modoc Joint Unified / Facebook Modoc Joint Unified School District Superintendent Tom O’Malley always tells people one thing to describe rural Alturas: It’s 100 miles from the nearest Walmart. A big grocery store isn’t the only thing missing, though. Nestled in the northeastern corner of the state with

A group of students work together to solve algebra problems in their textbook during their math class. Credit: Allison Shelley for American Education The article was updated on July 13 to add to Linda Darling-Hammond’s remarks on algebra acceleration. With unanimity and generally high praise on Wednesday, the State Board of Education passed the new

Mildred Garcia, new chancellor-select of the California State University System. Credit: California State University Mildred García is taking over the California State University system at a unique time. The nation’s largest public university system faces a $1.5 billion budget deficit, a potential 6% annual increase in student tuition, the threat of strikes by employee labor