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The Supreme Court ruled against UNC and Harvard. The latter was accused of intentionally discriminating against Asian Americans.
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The ruling is expected to impact California even though the state banned affirmative action nearly three decades ago.
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If you’re enrolling your child in California state-subsidized preschool this fall, you’ll be asked new questions about what languages they speak and understand.
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Child care is the big winner in a final deal that includes a small decline in total funding for schools and community colleges for the first time in years.
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Advocates supporting a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a right to a high-quality education say they want to hold schools accountable. But critics fear its vague language could unleash a barrage of lawsuits.
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Some say the proposed increase should include transparency measures.
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In arts education, as in the arts, experts say, collaboration is often the key. A small school in a rural district might join forces with another school to share a dance teacher, for example.
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The University of Southern California and Caltech have joined the STARS College Network, alongside 14 other schools across the country, with hopes of improving rural students' access to information about college and increasing enrollment on campus.
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Though voters soundly rejected an effort to legalize affirmative action in California in 2020, state Democrats are trying again, proposing a limited version that would allow state agencies to consider race if academic research shows evidence those race-based programs could work. Familiar political battle lines are forming.
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Community colleges saw record declines in enrollment during the pandemic, but students 50 years and older fell the farthest. Now, some colleges are trying to reel them back in.
