State test results show California students overall performed much worse in math and English language arts than pre-pandemic, but a persistent achievement gap didn't worsen, as initially feared. The results left education officials and experts neither surprised nor hopeless.

California’s education department updated its statewide data system in the spring but the rollout resulted in thousands of errors. Key information about special education students and other high-needs groups was missing or miscalculated.

The California Department of Education admitted to mismanaging $187 million for 547 private schools that had applied and were approved for the first round of Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools.

Without better oversight, state education officials won't know if local school districts are misapplying the money or wisely using the massive, unprecedented aid, California State Auditor Elaine Howle wrote in an audit.

The Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County has until June 30 to hand off $40-million-a-year in government contracts.

Franklin-McKinley School District’s 3-2 vote to reject the charter ignited backlash from from families and staffers, who vow to fight back.

The charter chain came under fire for submitting late financials two years in a row and losing track of credential status for some instructors.

This week’s unhealthy air quality from the deadly Camp Fire has prompted schools and most colleges in the South Bay to shut down.

Last month, 4Cs failed to pay its child care providers on time, violating the terms of their state grants and putting payees in a tough spot.

A scathing audit convinced the California Department of Education to find a more scrupulous contractor than 4Cs to manage $40 million in grants.

A scathing new report found that 4Cs child care nonprofit mismanaged state grants and caused undue financial hardship for countless families.

The federal Office of Early Head Start is investigating claims of harassment at the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County.

We need to support our school districts in becoming more like sports teams that measure success through well-defined goals and metrics.

After 45 years at the helm of Silicon Valley’s largest publicly funded child care agency, the head of 4Cs has called it quits. But the audits go on.

Silicon Valley’s largest publicly funded child care agency announced Friday that it has to close three of its preschools.

Dramatic operating losses and reports of pension mismanagement have prompted a state audit of the 4C Council.