Teachers Pay Teachers is a great source for educators who want to help fellow teachers while earning extra cash. Sadly, it can also get them fired. Read More
After years of promoting “local control” in education, the latest news is full of stories on state intervention in decisions being made by local school boards. Read More
Concerns about the use of technology in math class are nothing new. Calculators, the internet, and smartphones have each raised alarms that they would short-circuit students’ math learning. Read More
A federal judge temporarily blocked a California school district from forcing teachers to conceal students’ in-school gender changes from their parents. Read More
California elementary and middle school students could soon see a renewed commitment to teaching cursive writing in their English and language arts classes. Read More
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a series of early education bills that will boost California’s publicly funded child care and preschool programs right as federal pandemic relief for child care providers runs out at the end of September. Read More
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a San Diego-area school district from forcing teachers to lie about a child's gender identity to their parents. Read More
A bill to bar suspension of students for low-level behavior issues known as "willful defiance" in California’s public schools through 12th grade passed both houses in the Legislature this week. Read More
A Southern California school district has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of an 8th grade boy who died after being assaulted by two other students at a middle school four years ago. Read More