Becoming a new public school teacher in California means facing an impossible choice: work for a high-need school, making a full-time salary but with little support or training; or get the proper ...

According to a 2025 report published by the Learning Policy Institute in Palo Alto, CA, about 60% of teachers borrow money to finance their education, and the average loan cost is around $38,230 for a ...

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 ...

Santa Clara University School of Education and Counseling Psychology’s Online Master of Arts in Teaching and Teaching Credential Program has earned a spot in the “Best Online Master’s in Education ...

When Brigitta Hunter started her teaching career, she had $20,000 in student loans and zero income – even though she was working nearly full time in the classroom. “We lived on my husband’s pathetic ...

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 ...

A recently released report has criticized the effectiveness of California’s teacher preparation programs, specifically when it comes to training new elementary school teachers in math education. Cal ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. When Humberto Estratalán’s daughter ...

As of early 2026, California's early childhood education credentialing landscape is shifting under a new regulatory framework approved by the CTC. The transition from a six-level to a five-level ...