Imprint Author Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones covers K-12 education at CalMatters. A longtime news reporter, she’s covered education for nearly a decade, focusing on everything from special education to ...

Largely as a result of better identification methods, Kern County saw its homeless student population jump 10% last year, to 7,200. Photo by Shelby Knowles for CalMatters This story was originally ...

A new state law requires all of New York's police officers to treat children with sensitivity when they arrest their parents.

Shanté Elliott is the founder of TasselTurn Education, and creator of the Homeplace College Network, the first digital platform connecting foster-involved youth with guaranteed college admissions ...

We need a system that treats college planning for foster youth with the same urgency, structure and coordination we afford to top athletes.