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California’s $14 billion investment in expanded learning transforms summer schools

West Contra Costa Unified demonstrates the impact of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s little-heralded Expanded Learning Opportunity Program.

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Cal State is still in the red despite tuition increase and spending cuts

Cal State has a budget shortfall that now totals $2.3 billion. It has laid off workers, cut classes and says it can’t give pay raises.

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What borrowers should know about student loan changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill

Now that President Donald Trump has signed Republicans' massive overhaul of the federal student loan program, we explain what's set to change.

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Trump administration releases after school grant money — with a catch

California will get the federal money withheld for after-school programs, but spending must comply with Trump’s priorities.

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This nearly 100-year-old ballad tells the story of mass deportations. Is history repeating itself?

Indiscriminate raids. Removal of U.S. citizens. Pressure to leave the country. For UC Irvine professor and evolutionary biologist Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, the answer is yes.

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Inland Empire confronts obstacles to sending students to college

Local and state leaders are targeting the region of 4.6 million people for economic growth

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Schoolyard greening projects hit milestone as advocates see the 'most impact ever'

The efforts are funded largely by a 2022 state allocation and other grants. The goal: protect students from pollution and heat, and teach ecology.

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LAUSD’s charter school co-location policy violates state law, judge rules

Charter advocates had sued the district over a recent policy that discourages co-locations on some kinds of campuses.

California students with immigrant parents seek financial aid despite deportation risks

Despite fears the federal government will use personal information from financial aid applications to identify immigrant parents who lack legal status, the number of high school senior applicants from mixed-status families has not decreased as much as some thought it would, according to the California Student Aid Commission.

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Trump wants to cut college access programs for low-income students. California educators are pushing back

Federal programs like Upward Bound and Talent Search enroll about 100,000 Californians. Can funding survive the bitter partisan divide?

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