California Department of Education

California Hands Out Diplomas, But Only Prepares a Few

April 8, 2026 11:35 amApril 8, 2026 11:35 am

California’s education system keeps highlighting a key figure politicians love to promote: graduation rates. Despite the fact that graduates have not increased over the last few years, that number alone hides a much more important truth. Graduating from high school...

Federal Court Orders California to Pay $4.5 Million in Attorneys’ Fees in Landmark Parental Rights Win

April 1, 2026 6:00 amApril 1, 2026 11:44 am

A federal court yesterday ordered the State of California to pay $4.52 million in attorneys’ fees to Thomas More Society attorneys in Mirabelli v. Bonta, the landmark parental rights case challenging California’s policy of concealing children’s gender transitions from their...

School Board Leaders and Parents Urge CIF to Protect Girls’ Sports

March 13, 2026 5:00 amMarch 13, 2026 5:01 am

Advocates for protecting girls’ sports gathered Thursday outside the Sacramento headquarters of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) before attending the organization’s Executive Committee meeting, where they delivered public comments urging CIF to return to protected sex-based categories for California’s high school...

U.S. Supreme Court Smacks Down California’s Law Prohibiting Schools from Notifying Parents of Child Transgenderism

March 2, 2026 5:01 pmMarch 2, 2026 8:51 pm

In a huge smackdown to California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Superintendent Tony Thurmond, and elected Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today blocking California’s law prohibiting schools from notifying parents if their child is transgender....

BREAKING: Brandeis Center Files First-Ever Antisemitism Lawsuit Against a U.S. State – California

February 27, 2026 4:00 amFebruary 27, 2026 5:32 pm

California public schools are awash with anti-Semitic slurs, harassment and assaults but state authorities refuse to intervene, according to a lawsuit against California filed today on behalf of Jewish parents by the Brandeis Center and StandWithUs. The lawsuit, lodged in...

LAUSD’s Budget Crisis Deepens: Attendance Plummets 40% While Spending Soars on Lavish Projects and Bureaucracy

February 17, 2026 3:03 pmFebruary 17, 2026 3:39 pm

As the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) grapples with a looming budget shortfall and plans for potential, but insignificant, layoffs, critics are rightfully pointing to a glaring mismatch: student attendance has dropped dramatically over the past decade, yet district...

Governor Newsom’s Power Grab

January 26, 2026 1:36 pmJanuary 26, 2026 1:36 pm

In his latest budget, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed that the California Department of Education (CDE) be moved from the purview of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Governor’s office. The governor quotes the CEO of Families in Schools: “For...