Education officials will begin more rigorous screening of financial aid applicants, citing instances of fraud at California’s community colleges.

California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget.

A bill asking educators to adopt the "science of reading" emphasizes phonics. Will enough California teachers respond?

CalMatters’ third Emmy award honored accountability journalism that, as one reporter described, “I could not have done” without Digital Democracy.

People gather at City Hall to protest the federal administration during the “No Kings” national rally in San Francisco on June 14, 2025. Photo by Nic Coury, AFP via Getty Images A week after President ...