Some teachers and advocates objected to a plan to require phonics instruction in K-12 schools. The latest deal makes it optional.

The State Bar of California’s new exam has been rife with problems, an A.I. controversy and now the likelihood of delayed ...

The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas called for an agreement on how to train teachers in reading instruction; when he didn’t get it, ...

Does it really matter that California's economy is the fourth largest in the world, since California isn't an independent ...