The California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles issued an historic decision in Vergara v. California, striking down five harmful provisions of the California Education Code as unconstitutional. According to the Court, the laws in question - laws that govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs - impose substantial harm on California's students by forcing administrators to push passionate, inspiring teachers out of the school system and keep grossly ineffective teachers in front of students year after year.

A longtime leader in environmental science and conservation who has worked for nearly three decades to preserve ecosystems across the globe has been selected to direct the environmental grant-making efforts of one of the country’s largest foundations.

Today’s profile of the Walton Family Foundation on the front page of The New York Times draws much-needed attention to our country’s most pressing issue: improving educational opportunity for the families and children who need it most.

Largest private funder of charter school startups supports the opening of roughly one in four charter schools in the nation since 1997.

Bipartisan support fuels private school choice expansion; former Republican Governor and Democratic U.S. Senator validate efforts

Grant to Benefit Arkansas Delta and Charter School Students

October 30, 2013 -- The Walton Family Foundation announced a Gulf-wide effort to spotlight business support for restoration projects that will benefit both the economy and the environment. The campaign, Operation 1-1-1, provides a unique platform for fishermen, restaurant owners, community leaders and other coastal residents to tell their stories and call on policymakers to support environmental restoration that benefits local communities.

Foundation selects four individuals whose work will empower families with high-quality, publicly funded educational options

Fishery Improvement Partnership Fund will first support spiny lobster fishery in Honduras

Foundation selects NYC Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg