Adam Eisenberg

3 weeks ago | edsource.org | Adam Eisenberg

News Brief Wednesday, April 23, 2025 — 8:34 am A Department of Education database that hosts more than 2 million education documents dating back to the 1960s is set to shut down Wednesday due to DOGE funding cuts, according to The Hechinger Report. ERIC, the Education Resources Information Center, is an open access online library where anyone can search, read and download millions of documents related to education going back roughly six decades.

Oct 1, 2024 | edsource.org | Adam Eisenberg |MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams |Diana Lambert

News Brief Tuesday October 1, 2024 10:20 am Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday banning admission based on legacy and donor preferences at California’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities. Assembly Bill 1780, sponsored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) prohibits private, nonprofit institutions from considering these factors in the admissions process. These factors have long been banned from consideration at California’s public colleges and universities.