Los Angeles USD's updated “fiscal stability plan” calls for cuts totaling more than $3.6 billion over the next three years—which would result in staff cutbacks on a massive scale.

President Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens California’s ability to fill critical teacher shortages in special education and bilingual programs.

Some now say that AI tools, particularly Lens, have made it impossible to enforce academic integrity in the classroom—with potentially harmful long-term effects on students’ learning.

The Trump administration is reviewing a California sex ed program for medical accuracy and age appropriateness, drawing backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates concerned about censorship of queer and trans health content.

When California launched its historic expansion of public education in 2020 with the addition of a new grade level — TK, short for transitional kindergarten — a key component was missing: teacher training to understand how the 4-year-old brain learns.

After the initial shock and an absolute “no” is voiced by many teenage students, more nuanced thoughts emerge: Maybe we are falling into social media and cellphone addiction. Maybe all the distractions and the obsession with “likes” are bad for us. Maybe we need some relief.

In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials, Beutner and the unions claim that some school districts are taking funding, approved by voters in November 2022, to expand arts education and are using it for other purposes.

The L.A. County Federation of Labor also has suspended campaign activities on behalf of Kahllid Al-Alim. The labor federation had reported spending no funds on his behalf, but its action—on behalf of the county’s union movement—is symbolically notable.