January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. California issued 18% more teaching ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing continues to approve a growing number of teaching credential programs for those who want to ...

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EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room In its “State of the States” report on math instruction published last week, the National Council on Teacher Quality sharply criticized ...

Kern Dance Alliance and Cal State Bakersfield have announced the launch of a dance education credential program at CSUB designed to help develop the next generation of dance educators in California’s ...

Marisa Silvestri listens to student Oscar de la Torre during her Ethnic Studies Class at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters On a rainy Friday afternoon at ...

To ensure a robust and comprehensive educational experience, every K-12 learner must have access to high quality Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) education. To make this happen, their teachers must ...

California issued 18% more teaching credentials last school year, compared with the previous year, but education experts remain only cautiously optimistic. The uptick comes after two years of declines ...

Just when California’s teacher shortage seemed to be easing, it got worse. A seven-year increase in the number of new teacher credentials issued by the state ended last year with a 16% decline, ...