Apr 17, 2026

The bipartisan bill, AB 1644, introduced this week, would require all TK-12 public schools and charter schools to adopt “bell-to-bell” policies prohibiting student smartphone use from the first bell in the morning until the final bell at the end of the day.

Apr 17, 2026

Fresno Unified — the state’s third-largest school district — saw a drop in student enrollment of nearly 1,000 ahead of the 2025-26 school year, according to data released from the California Department of Education on Thursday.

Apr 17, 2026

The Roseville Joint Union High School District is considering changes to school attendance boundaries as enrollment growth in west Roseville continued to strain campuses.

Apr 17, 2026

Four candidates for California’s top education job spoke in San Diego on Thursday afternoon about issues like curriculum, accountability and career technical education in a friendly forum where they built on each other’s comments more than they disagreed.

Apr 17, 2026

Temecula school board member Emil Barham was censured Thursday night, April 16, after being accused by fellow trustee Melinda Anderson of “intimidation and unprofessional behavior.”

Apr 17, 2026

San Francisco’s public school kids should finally recognize the world depicted in their social studies classes next fall after the district’s first curriculum update since 2006 — when iPods dominated the music market, only birds tweeted and same-sex couples couldn’t marry in California.

Apr 17, 2026

Hundreds of teachers in southeast Los Angeles County went on strike Thursday in the Little Lake City School District, marking the first teacher work stoppage in the district’s 150-year history.

Apr 17, 2026

After a recent morning rush at a Fresno Grocery Outlet, 22-year-old Elena Santos moved down each aisle to return misplaced food items to their proper places. She brought vitamins to the front of the shelves and neatly arranged hygiene products.

Apr 17, 2026

Enrollment in California K-12 schools, and in schools across the country, is declining rapidly as birth rates drop and immigration rates fall. This school year, California had the largest decline in enrollment rates since 2021-22, after schools returned from the pandemic.