Charter to take over school in parent-trigger case

Adelanto parents select LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy to operate Desert Trails Elementary School, ending months of court battles.

Cities, low on cash, hope ballot measures change their fortunes

Local governments and school districts across California, struggling to pay for essentials, are asking voters to approve tax and bond measures — and, in one case, a hopefully alluring new name.

Gates Foundation-funded education-reform group to close

Communities for Teaching Excellence, the national organization based in L.A., plans to close next month after its board voted to shutter it and the Gates philanthropy ended financial support.

Most students give more healthful state school menus thumbs up

Public school students, by a 3-to-1 margin, say meals have become better tasting under California's new nutritional standards.

More community colleges embrace fund-raising, reconnect with alumni

The two-year schools are trying to follow a path long traveled by four-year universities, but face their own set of challenges, including the lack of big league sports or scientific research.

L.A. Unified partners with gay advocates to end bullying

The initiative, called Project SPIN, seeks to help gay, lesbian and transgender students deal with bullies, and more broadly, to change the district's culture.

California college students' average debt among lowest in nation

Financial aid and relatively low tuition at Cal State schools helped rank the state third from the bottom for the amount of debt owed by 2011 graduates.

More community college students commuting to multiple campuses

Students are choosing to commute — by bus, car and train — to different campuses because severe funding cuts have forced colleges to cut classes and consolidate programs.

Education cuts at stake in tax battle

Passage of Gov. Brown's Prop. 30 would spare schools and universities. But a Prop. 38 victory would trigger big reductions.

Wounded Pakistan teen is now face of girls education movement

Malala Yousafzai, who publicly demanded an education and was shot by Taliban militants, becomes a potent symbol for the global push to improve developing countries by educating their girls.

In defense of academic freedom

Tolerance in and out of the classroom is part of democracy's foundation, in the U.S. and Israel.

Prop. 30 inspires voter registration drives aimed at students

Gov. Jerry Brown's tax hike measure is being touted as the only way to avoid tuition increases this year at California's public universities. Some predict a higher-than-usual turnout.

Obama, Romney have similar basic views on education

Both candidates want test scores to be part of teacher evaluations, support extra pay for effective instructors and back the growth of charter schools. One difference is Romney's support for vouchers.

Experts' views about Obama and Romney on education

L.A. schools improve by state standards, not enough by U.S. yardstick

Just like across California, campuses are at their highest-achieving level yet, but they aren't keeping pace with rapidly rising federal targets.