Bay Area The SAT and ACT are less important than you might think By Mary L. Churchill | Boston University | January 27, 2023 The proportion of colleges with test-optional policies has more than doubled since the spring of 2020.
Bay Area Cal State officials approve much-needed affordable housing plans for students By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | January 27, 2023 Lack of affordable student housing is connected to lower enrollment numbers.
Education College enrollment decline leads to funding changes for underperforming Cal State schools By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | January 26, 2023 A new plan will take money from campuses missing enrollment targets and give it to schools exceeding their targets.
California Four-day school week gaining popularity nationally. Why isn’t it happening in California? By Diana Lambert | EdSource | January 26, 2023
Featured in Category In the News | SF Chronicle crunches data to show UC admits for every public high school in CA By Exedra Staff | January 24, 2023 See how Piedmont kids fared.
Education School funding proposal aims to achieve equity, but does it go far enough? By Joe Hong | CalMatters | January 23, 2023 The governor is proposing extra money for high-poverty schools, not Black students specifically.
California Peralta Community College District sued by student journalists over records By Thomas Peele | EdSource | January 20, 2023 The lawsuit alleges repeated Public Records Act violations.
Arts & Entertainment Music education may make students more hopeful about their futures By Diana Lambert | EdSource | January 20, 2023 Researchers surveyed 120 students from 52 Los Angeles Unified School District middle schools.
Cal University of California planning to expand outreach at 65 California community colleges By Michael Burke | EdSource | January 20, 2023 The 65 community colleges range across all regions of the state and include six in the Bay Area.
Education Housing problem persists for graduate students at University of California By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | January 17, 2023 Of the roughly 113,000 beds occupied by students, just around 17,500 are for graduate students.