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December 29, 2025
What six California college students learned in 2025
In a year when colleges took center stage in debates about politics and AI, students learned valuable lessons about personal setbacks and victories.
Amy DiPierro
December 29, 2025
From classrooms to Sacramento: The education stories that defined 2025
These are the stories our readers turned to most — the year’s most read coverage.
Andrew Reed
Commentary
December 28, 2025
Parents must be at the table as California debates charter school reform
Too often in California, parents are asked to weigh in on education reform only after the framework has already been set.
Tab Berg
December 23, 2025
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to 'out' transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
Emma Gallegos
December 23, 2025
Blocked by CSU, community college bachelor's degrees closer to approval following new analysis
A 2021 state law allows community colleges to create bachelor's degrees, so long as they don't duplicate what the state universities offer. Seven proposed degrees have stalled for years because of objections from California State University.
Michael Burke
Commentary
December 22, 2025
The path to universal preschool in California: Avoiding past mistakes
California is expanding its transitional kindergarten (TK) to a universal prekindergarten (UPK) system, and must learn from the mistakes of the 1971 federal effort to create a universal early care and education system, which was vetoed by President Nixon.
Savitha Moorthy and Amie Latterman
December 22, 2025
Her dwarfism once scared her away from teaching — now it's her strength
Heather Povinelli, who once gave up on her dream of teaching in college due to her height, was named one of five California Teachers of the Year.
Emma Gallegos
Commentary
December 21, 2025
Don't fight veterans on earning college credit for their military experience
We owe our former service members more than gratitude. As educators, we owe them clear, affordable pathways to degrees and credentials that lead to family-sustaining wages by giving them college credit for knowledge and skills they learned in the service.
Sonya Christian
December 19, 2025
Meet the researcher using sass and social media to transform bilingual education
A former teacher-turned-principal-turned-researcher, José Medina calls on his own childhood trauma in school to spread his message about validating and acknowledging students' languages and identities.
Zaidee Stavely
December 18, 2025
New federal alert warns that 132 schools and colleges in California produce 'lower earnings'
Student aid forms now disclose if a college’s graduates earn less than a high school-only benchmark. Critics say it’s not fair.
Amy DiPierro
December 17, 2025
Judge weighs arguments on whether new antisemitism law will tread on teachers’ rights
The law, Assembly Bill 715, aims to reinforce existing anti-discrimination laws and create an Office of Civil Rights and an Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator.
John Fensterwald
Commentary
December 17, 2025
Four common mistakes California districts can avoid when choosing a math curriculum
Choosing a math curriculum isn’t just about what books and materials to buy, it’s what kind of classrooms we want to build for our students in California.