Education

The University of California, Berkeley’s law school has joined the law programs at Harvard and Yale in pulling out of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings over concerns that they punish efforts to attract students from a broad range of backgrounds.

About 48,000 unionized academic workers from all 10 University of California campuses went on strike Monday demanding better pay and benefits.

José Cifuentes (Ecuador and LAFC), who had to choose between pursuing soccer or a formal education, wants to make it easier for future generations of soccer players to finish their studies.

Prop 28 would provide funds for music and arts programs in all preschool and K-12 public schools, including charters. NBCLA’s Conan Nolan explains.

That’s not surprising, given the toll the pandemic took on student learning. Nevertheless, the learning loss indicated by the results from the latest 2022 Nation Report Card are devastating, especially in Math.

In a recent report, California student test scores appear to continue to decline after the pandemic showing notable declines in Black and Latino children.

New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children.

Sales of books for young people on violence, grief, and emotions have increased for nine straight years, with nearly six million copies sold in 2021 — more than double the amount in 2012, according to NPD BookScan

Once seen as sleepy affairs with little interest outside their communities, school board elections started to heat up last year as parents aired frustrations with pandemic policies.

Amid national teacher shortages, community colleges are stepping in, launching teacher-training programs traditionally found in four-year colleges.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidance surrounding head lice, saying it’s not an issue of poor hygiene or a health hazard and that children should not be sent home or miss school because they have it.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated guidance on head lice for the first time since 2015.

One Orange County principal is following in his father’s footsteps occupying the same office his father used as a principal 30 years ago.

When COVID-19 closed schools around the world in spring 2020, many children simply stopped learning — some for months, others for longer.

Everywhere, it seems, the return to school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage.

A former Fresno Unified school principal is facing charges for willful cruelty to a minor after the district released a video where he is seen aggressively shoving a special needs child in June.

A new study finds that math and reading scores for elementary school students have dropped to levels that haven’t been seen in years.

Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation’s children.

As the nation grapples with a teacher shortage, studies are showing that educators of color, specifically Black teachers, are more likely to leave. A survey by DonorsChoose, a nonprofit for teachers, found that only 55% of Black male teachers reported that they plan to still teach in 10 years, compared to 64% of White male teachers, and 66% of Latino...

A survey by the Trevor Project found that 2/3 of LGBTQ youth say current and proposed state policies have had a negative impact on their mental health. As the school year starts back for many students this month, LGBTQ students, face many challenges. Keygan Miller, the public training manager at the Trevor Project joins LX News to discuss these challenges...