January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. For too long, California’s English learners — and the teachers guiding their education ...

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

Curriculum development and adoption hardly gets the attention it deserves. Every few years, California goes through an extensive process to decide California’s math, language arts, history and science ...