Education Beat

At Antioch High School, peer advocates mentor freshmen, meet with students who've been found with alcohol or drugs, and facilitate conflict resolution.

Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible.

California's Assembly Bill 218 made it possible for childhood abuse victims to sue public agencies up to their 40th birthday or five years after discovering the abuse. 

Fresno Unified invested $30 million in services that go beyond traditional academics, from housing assistance to music production and lunchtime sports.

In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music.

Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention.

We visited Heather Povinelli in her Monrovia classroom, where we spoke about how she got back into teaching, how she creates an inclusive classroom, and what she learned conducting research about other teachers with dwarfism.

It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026.

Betty Reid Soskin was the nation's oldest national park ranger. She passed away on Dec. 21 at 104 years old. To honor her, we bring you an episode from 2021, about how a California school came to be renamed after her.

In the bilingual education world, José Medina is a superstar. A former teacher turned principal turned researcher, he spreads his message of respecting students' languages on social media and in schools across the country.

A tiny school district in rural Merced County has invested heavily in school counseling. And UCLA researchers have recognized the results. 

A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

Come prepare a meal with the fifth and sixth graders of Pacific Elementary, in Davenport, California, where the district attracts students just for the lunch.

One district moved from packaged pizza and chicken nuggets to coconut rice with red lentil dal on its school lunch menu.

Many mentoring and tutoring programs in K-12 schools rely partially on federal grants through AmeriCorps — funding that President Donald Trump has proposed entirely eliminating.

A new law aims to get more teachers instructing kids in how to sound out words to be able to access the joy of reading.

Miliani Rodriguez attends Coachella Valley High School, where the AC often breaks in over 100-degree heat and when it rains, the ceilings leak. 

California community colleges rely on this funding for programs such as support for students pursuing science degrees and dual enrollment for high school students taking college classes. 

After a student at Maywood Academy High School in Los Angeles is arrested and deported by immigration authorities, a community grapples with the aftermath. 

Saran Tugsjargal found herself wondering who would stand up for students like her. Little did she know that she would become that person.

Schools across California could lose hundreds of mental health workers, after the Trump administration cut federal grants.

Meet Allison Saiki, who teaches students how to manage money, pay rent and open retirement accounts, with a class currency she calls "Saiki Cents."

An audit found the charter received millions in funding for which it was not eligible, assigned teachers to classes they were not credentialed to teach, and avoided standardized testing, in addition to spending on items like a trip to Paris and leasing a ballpark.

The Mahmoud v. Taylor case involved storybooks with LGBTQ themes, but legal experts say that the case has much broader implications that could affect subjects like literature, history and science.

California schools need a whole new understanding of the importance of play – and potty-training – in TK classrooms.