House Republicans at odds with Trump’s proposed higher education cuts
Another jolt for L.A. schools as civic group seeks a role in fixing school district
Author shelves teacher tenure bill; surprise alternative emerges
When Black hair violates the dress code
New funds available to train bilingual teachers in California
Very early exposure to English can help ELLs flourish, study finds
A tween actor learns: ‘Being yourself is awesome’
At a global robotics competition, teens put aside grown-up conflicts to form unlikely alliances
Social and emotional learning appears to provide benefits that last
Does online learning work for LAUSD students taking makeup classes? Study aims to find out
Community college board approves new goals for increasing graduation rates
New GI Bill expansion would offer lifetime window for college tuition assistance

Author strips key parts of bill requiring more transparency in school spending
NEA President: ‘No reason to trust’ Betsy DeVos
$125,000 salary to serve on a school board? In Los Angeles, yes.
DeVos vows changes on campus sexual assault policy
As California bilingual education grows, teacher training is key
Just 20 percent of K-12 students are learning a foreign language
Harvard faculty panel recommends banning fraternities, sororities and other social groups
Social-emotional learning has long-lasting positive effects on students, study says
Study: Holding kids back a grade doesn’t necessarily hold them back
How goofing off helps kids learn
State board faces deadline, tough decisions on new federal law for improving schools
UC on track to enroll 2,500 more Californians this fall, but admission offers decline from last year’s near-historic gains
19 attorneys general sue DeVos over delay of borrower defense rule
Approved L.A. Unified settlement would send money to district’s neediest schools
As schools tackle poverty, attendance goes up, but academic gains are tepid
Girlhood interrupted: The erasure of black girls’ childhood
A new era begins as pro-charter majority selects Rodriguez to head L.A. school board

Teachers union leader: We won’t work with Trump and DeVos because ‘I do not trust their motives’
Votes coming on teacher tenure, for-profit charters, other key bills
Officials restore money to L.A. schools soon after making controversial funding cuts
Research shows transitional kindergarten benefit for English learners
They dreamed of being doctors. Now they help Syrians with the same dream
Why students at an affluent school want to drop longtime mascot: The Millionaires
The diminishing role of art in children’s lives
Why summer jobs don’t pay
To reach hungry children in the summer, these school cafeterias moved outside
New report on transitional kindergarten gives the grade high scores
Chicago won’t allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future
DeVos is discarding college policies that new evidence shows are effective
How schools, parents and organizations are trying to close the achievement gap
An Alabama high school ‘resegregated’ after years of being a model of integration — here’s what happened after
Thousands of homeless among LA community college students
Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding create friction in charter school community
More charter school teachers see unions as an option
The charter-school equity push
Literary giants Junot Díaz and Toni Morrison on their unwillingness to surrender

Supreme Court rules on church playgrounds; are vouchers for religious schools next?
Dozens of Democratic Senators express concerns about DeVos and civil rights
Early childhood educators get schooled in working with ‘exceptional’ kids
In California push to help students with dyslexia, LA schools take a first step
‘The U.S. continues to welcome the most talented’: Universities respond to Supreme Court action on travel ban
I am learning Inglés: A dual-language comic
GOP health-care bill could strip public schools of billions for special education
School districts offer free meals for all students through summer
Students’ sense of belonging at school is important. It starts with teachers
Schools let students take laptops home in hopes of curbing ‘summer slide’

Demand for UC immigrant student legal services soars as Trump policies sow uncertainty
New research: Student well-being higher in diverse schools
How the 2017-18 funding increase for California education will be spent
Are Confederate-statue controversies teachable moments?
For some students, getting an education means crossing the border
Lawsuit alleges hostile environment for Jews on San Francisco State campus
A school that provides the one constant in homeless children’s lives
The youth-counseling program helping to curb Chicago’s violence

Gov. Brown agrees not to hold back money from California schools next year
Nonprofit sues Education Dept. for release of information on campus sex-assault investigations
Implicit bias in the classroom: Can video games help combat it?
‘Why do I need a note for my religion?’ Students are told to get permission slips to wear hijabs.
UC Irvine’s rare distinction: It’s an elite research university that’s a haven for Latinos
UC Berkeley to offer gender-inclusive locker room
Huge boost in state arts funding includes support for pre-K programs
Students perform better at schools offering extra services on campus, study finds

Teachers’ training needs improvement so students benefit, new report says
Increasing salaries so teachers don’t have to become principals
ACLU finds ‘over-policing’ in Stockton Unified schools
Pregnant student barred from graduation at Md. Christian school
At 18, this L.A. high school poet often makes audiences go silent
Hate speech vs. free speech: Where is the line on college campuses?
California law spurs reforms after suicide cluster
The role of yoga in healing trauma