Alyssa Stein News Today

Supporters say proposed state K-12 framework will make higher-level math accessible to more. Critics contend it will make poor math outcomes worse.

Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth-grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject.

After decades of falling enrollment exacerbated by the pandemic, Los Angeles Catholic schools are on track for a second straight year of enrollment growth.

Graduation rates continue their rise despite staggering rates of chronic absenteeism and standardized test scores that appear to have erased five years of progress.

Across California private educational foundations, which exist to support school districts, offer summer school for a fee. This week the pro bono law firm Public Counsel filed suit against the state, saying the programs are illegal "pay to learn" schemes.

Revised version of signature L.A. Unified plan to address learning loss through extra school days attracts limited participation, about 11% of students sign up.

Teachers unions and charter schools have much at stake in the race for District 2. In District 6, the school board president faces a challenge.

2022 California test scores show 84% of Black students and 79% of Latino and low-income students did not meet state math standards.

The decline was not as steep as expected. But numbers dropped overall despite a state-funded boost in 4-year-olds who are eligible to begin school sooner.

Urban classrooms are already vulnerable. As enrollment diminishes, so do the promise and ambition of public education in L.A.