Jill Tucker

More than just trying to reframe how kids envision their futures, this investor wants to help diversify his industry.

The Oakland school district is facing an $80 million deficit this upcoming year, and is spending $4 million more than it brings in every month.

A key loan is suddenly in doubt, and public transportation advocates say the stakes couldn’t be higher because the state funding would stave off dramatic BART and Muni cuts.

A wildfire that ripped through the Gold Country foothills has grown to more than 13,700 acres.

Parent outrage spurs S.F. to hurry hiring of crossing guards

A parent-led effort to open a Mandarin immersion charter school in San Francisco fails after city school board pans plan.

California parents, students and educators are sparring over what should or shouldn’t be taught in the ethnic studies course — and whether students should have to take the class.

Across San Francisco, 17 public schools and four private schools are missing one or more crossing guards this year compared to last year, city officials said.

The lawsuit alleges that the Bay Area nonprofit placed the Spanish exchange student in the home of a man who drugged her and sexually assaulted her. She also sued the private high school she...

On day one, more than 95% of the school district’s classrooms had a qualified teacher in front of the 49,000 students, with about 50 vacancies remaining. That’s about half as many as last year.