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Training to be a teacher is expensive. These California programs can help

Becoming a new public school teacher in California means facing an impossible choice: work for a high-need school, making a full-time salary but with little support or training; or get the proper education and training but lose a year or more of wages.

 

LA needs 100,000 construction workers. Community colleges are racing to train them

Hudson Idov wasn’t excited about any of his college options — that is, until his Los Angeles house burned down in the Palisades Fire his senior year of high school.

 

California must let immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses, judge rules

More than 20,000 immigrant truck drivers will be able to keep their licenses in California, at least temporarily, despite efforts by the Trump administration and the state of California to revoke them, according to a tentative ruling Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court.

 

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Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. Where is the data going?

For every aspect of a student’s life, there’s a tech company trying to digitize it. Inside the classroom, online tools proctor exams, create flashcards and submit assignments.

 

California wants colleges to count work experience for credit. How’s it going?

Laylah Rivers had already been a paratrooper in the U.S. Army and worked at various tech companies across the West Coast.

 

More adults return to college in California as inflation and job fears rise

If you want to gauge the health of California’s economy, start with its community colleges.

“When the economy is doing well, our enrollments are down, and when the economy is in a tough stretch or in a recession, we see our enrollments go up,” said Chris Ferguson, an executive vice chancellor with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, which oversees all of the state’s 116

 

Scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego rebranded after lawsuit argued it was discriminatory

A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July.

 

California invested millions pushing these careers for women. The results are disappointing

Ten years ago, it seemed everyone was talking about women in science.

As the economy improved in the years after the Great Recession, women were slower to return to the workforce, causing alarm, especially in vital fields like computing.

 

Free AI training comes to California colleges — but at what cost?

As artificial intelligence replaces entry-level jobs, California’s universities and community colleges are offering a glimmer of hope for students: free AI training that will teach them to master the new technology.

 

California wants new education requirements for police officers. Are they watered down?

Amid calls for police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, California lawmakers set out to raise education standards for incoming law enforcement officers.

 

California colleges can now pay athletes directly. Why taxpayers may foot some of the bill

Starting Tuesday, California’s top universities can pay their athletes directly — a dramatic shift in college sports that blurs the line between amateur and professional play.

 

Can middle schoolers handle college? This California school is finding out

By 2:45 p.m. the regular school day at August Boeger Middle School had already ended, but one class is about to start.

 

California wants to give degrees based on skills — not grades. It’s dividing this college

California’s community colleges are experimenting with a radical new model of education, but some professors are pushing back.

 

California got millions to train workers in disaster relief, but it’s leaving money on table

In January 2023, and continuing throughout the spring, rain swelled many of California’s reservoirs and creeks, engulfing homes and businesses and killing 21 people.