Policy Analysis for California Education has been a premier ed policy organization for three decades. As Daisy Gonzales writes, it is in the forefront of shaping current reforms and interpreting them for audiences such as 'On California.'

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Teachers unions are scapegoats for low student performance.

A read of California's news outlets makes clear that the state is not going to accept President-elect Donald Trump's policies without a fight, particularly those on immigration.

State Assembly member Tony Thurmond ultimately prevailed over former charter school executive Marshall Tuck in a contest that drew more than $50 million in outside campaign spending.

Five California educators last week filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state's top teachers' union from collecting dues through mandatory paycheck deductions.

The bill would have given public school teachers at least six weeks of paid maternity leave.

Keeping up with students’ growing mental-health needs was a concern for districts long before the pandemic began. It’s even harder now, educators and psychologists say.

Hawaii's schools are prepared to respond to ballistic missile threats, education officials wrote in a letter to parents after Saturday's false alarm.

An activist's lawsuit is an example of how many states, because of outdated software, have trouble answering the public's demand to detail how billions of K-12 dollars are spent.

In desperately trying to be a superhero for my students, I underestimated the gravity of the coronavirus crisis, writes Hawaii teacher Lory Walker Peroff.

There could be an 8.4 percent reduction in the U.S. teaching corps, and some states could see reductions as large as 20 percent, according to a new analysis by the Learning Policy Institute.

New Jersey's Camden takeover in context.

Now Newark, New Jersey, is exploding, thanks to the attempts at intimidation by Governor Christie's hand-picked superintendent of schools, Cami Anderson.

Here's a clue: the governor has said the teachers' unions need to be punched in the face.

Gov. Christie has pushed to flatten the state's funding formula so that the state's impoverished urban districts would get the same amount of money wealthy suburban districts get.

With many school buildings closed for the rest of the academic year—and more to follow—district leaders turn their attention to making up for what may be deep learning losses.

Utah science teacher Skipper Coates asked her students to complete the following sentence: "What my parents don't know about social media is..."

The Urban Institute released a toolkit aimed at policymakers and investors interested in using private dollars to pay for public programs, such as prekindergarten.

Having failed to shape their states' Every Student Succeeds Act plans to their liking, elected officials in a a few places want the U.S. secretary of education to send the plans back or turn them down.

Female teachers, principals, and superintendents in Pennsylvania earn significantly less money than their male counterparts, a new study shows.

When Scott Gann learned his son Dustin had dyslexia, he was shocked at the school's reaction. No one there wanted to use the word.

Bethany Hill, the principal at Central Elementary School in Cabot, Ark., shuns a formal office in favor of roving around classrooms, hallways, the playground, and the cafeteria, where she can be as close as possible to teachers and students all day.

Teachers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, are using a labor action called "work-to-rule," under which employees do no more than what is required in their contracts.

Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new effort to bring computer science classes to every public school in the state by the end of 2017.

The law passed after parent groups lobbied for it and will require schools to provide 20 consecutive minutes of recess daily for students in kindergarten through 6th grade.

The state's highest court allowed some claims brought on behalf of relatives of victims of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School to proceed against the firearms industry.

Faced with a push for academic programming, after-school providers are deploying new strategies to train and recruit effective educators.

The Trump administration weighed into a lawsuit, arguing that a state's transgender-athlete policy forces "biological girls to compete against biological boys who publicly identify with the female gender and want to compete on sex-specific athletic teams."

The Every Student Succeeds Act allows up to seven states to try out new kinds of tests in a handful of districts before taking them statewide.

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.

No place in Georgia has suffered a higher rate of coronavirus cases than Dougherty County. And the school system, largely rural and poor, is in the middle of it.

Guest blogger Andy Saultz explains that clear goals, built-in local decisionmaking, flexibility, and community involvement are the keys to the Student Success Act's success.

A federal appeals court rejected a multi-pronged challenge to a school district plan allowing transgender students to use restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.

Mike Matthews wrote several sexist and racist blog posts a decade ago that were recently unearthed.

Keeping up with students’ growing mental-health needs was a concern for districts long before the pandemic began. It’s even harder now, educators and psychologists say.

Former NFL linebacker talks about growing up with the game of football.

Women's flag football is set to be an official NAIA sport as soon as 2021.

Thor Nystrom ranks the top UDFA signings by position, plus CFL draft picks and the best available unsigned prospects. (Getty Images)

The "Good Morning Football" crew discusses which sophomore QBs and their offensive weapons they're most excited to see play in 2020.

Mario Cristobal loves his guys in the trenches

The university’s Center for Vaccine Research is working to create a coronavirus vaccine.

Reconnecting with mentors, friends, coaches and professors, these football greats reflected on the experiences that they carried with them well beyond their college years. While they all share different stories, their journeys to the NFL were each met with adversity, and whether on or off the field, these obstacles served as tests for each individual athlete to overcome. These challenges made them stronger, earning them valuable lessons and helping them create special connections with the university they will always call ‘home.’

The NCAA is expected to formally approve rules changes that will allow athletes to get endorsement income in 2021.