Eric Premack News Today

Two now-defunct charter school operators capitalized on fee-hungry authorizers and lax auditing to embezzle millions.

This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented the first pass on the 2024-25 state budget.

Many contributors credit the governor for sparing TK-12 and community colleges from cuts, at least for now; others urge different priorities.

The Los Angeles Unified School District school board is considering a resolution that would exclude 346 school campuses serving its most vulnerable student populations from space-sharing arrangements with charter schools.

Analysis by research institute CREDO, based at Stanford, found little difference for white, Asian and special education students but strong progress by Black and Hispanic students attending Aspire and other charter management organizations.

A national study that first looked at charter school students 14 years ago now finds they are now outperforming similar students at traditional public schools in reading and math.

Analysis by research institute CREDO, based at Stanford, found little difference for white, Asian and special education students but strong progress by Black and Hispanic students attending Aspire and other charter management organizations.

Schools would not be able to suspend students for nonviolent acts such as ignoring the teacher, talking back or disrupting the class.

A state lawmaker has proposed legislation that would permanently extend the ban on willful defiance suspensions from middle and high schools across the state after 2025. But not all educators support the bill.

Alberto Carvalho just passed a major test, but more negotiations lie ahead.