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Up to 151,000 children could lose health care in California, though advocates say the number is likely higher, as cuts may impact school-based health services. (Photo courtesy: FIRST5LA)

What Trump’s budget and tax law means for California students

July 9, 2025 at 6:54 a.m.

Hundreds of thousands of California’s low-income children and their families will likely see federally funded food support and health care shrink or vanish in the coming years under the mammoth...

FILE - A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, April, 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

U.S. Supreme Court decision worries LGBTQ+ advocates, emboldens conservatives

July 2, 2025 at 6:09 a.m.

California school leaders will face a new reality when students return next month following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday that parents have a constitutional right to remove their children...

Fourth graders on career day at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Photos by Alison Yin for EdSource.

Trump’s budget would abolish funding for English learners, adult ed, teacher recruitment

May 9, 2025 at 6:10 a.m.

Trump’s “skinny budget” (see pages 6-11) which he released on Friday, would cut $12 billion or about 15% of K-12 and some higher education programs administered by the U.S. Department of...

Kindergarteners do an art project at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif. (File Photos by Alison Yin for EdSource)

Trump’s budget would abolish funding for English learners, adult ed, teacher recruitment

May 7, 2025 at 6:13 a.m.

President Donald Trump would maintain funding levels for students with disabilities and for Title I aid for low-income students while wiping out long-standing programs serving migrant children, teachers in training,...

End of federal grants could worsen teacher shortages

April 15, 2025 at 6:36 a.m.

The abrupt termination of $600 million in federal teacher-training grants by the Trump administration — and the uncertainty that remains while their cancellation is contested in court — have left...

Retired teachers Stephanie Brown-Myers, of Danville, left, and Georgia Moore, of Walnut Creek are photographed at Green Valley Elementary School in Danville, Calif., on Friday, April 7, 2023.

Districts offer early retirement, are students collateral damage?

February 19, 2025 at 6:15 a.m.

California school districts that are at risk of falling off the fiscal cliff are turning to early retirement incentives as a humane way to balance their budgets, but students could...

Despite the investments, enrollment in teacher preparation programs dipped in both 2021-22 and 2022-23, the last two years state data is available. Credit: Julie Leopo / EdSource

California should continue to invest in teacher recruitment, retention, study says

February 4, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.

California has spent more than $1 billion since 2018 on programs to aid in the recruitment and retention of TK-12 teachers. It must continue to make those investments if it...

How more Hispanic teachers could change the face of California education

January 13, 2025 at 9:18 p.m.

California has had a racial imbalance between its teacher workforce and its student population for years, with a majority Hispanic student population being taught by teachers who are mostly white....

At San Juan Unified's El Camino Fundamental High School in Sacramento, 36 students sit elbow to elbow with little space or updated equipment for lab work. Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource

252 districts place bonds on the ballot; here’s how two would spend the money

October 7, 2024 at 1:51 p.m.

Renovating a high school that swelters in summer and gushes leaks in winter is a priority of a large Sacramento-area district. Replacing an undersized gym with no air conditioning is a...

Teacher apprentice Ja'net Williams helps with a math lesson in a first grade class at Delta Elementary Charter School in Clarksburg. (Diana Lambert/EdSource)

Quick Guide: What you need to know to become a teacher in California

October 2, 2024 at 6:51 a.m.

Over the last decade, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators have poured billions of dollars of state money into special grants and programs to recruit, train and retain educators in...

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