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A rise in antisemitism complaints in K-12 schools prompted a California law creating an agency to educate school staff and investigate cases.
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Pregnancy is a wild journey, with so many questions to answer. We're here to help.Listen 5:27 -
Hundreds of California schools won the National Blue Ribbon honor before the program ended in August.Listen 0:46
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A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.
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A state school advisory agency finds ongoing funding is needed to support public schools damaged by January’s wildfires.Listen 0:43
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Lucille J. Smith Elementary was one of 31 California schools to be nominated as a National Blue Ribbon School.Listen 0:45
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The Reseda high schooler has been in federal immigration detention since August.Listen 0:43
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Hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District schools will start serving supper to anyone 18 and under.
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Schools are grappling with how to prepare students for the possibility of gun violence without traumatizing them.Listen 7:34
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Faculty filed a public records lawsuit to get details of a negotiation that has mostly taken place behind closed doors.
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Districts like Lynwood Unified with the smallest tax bases per student — and generally the most low-income students — have gotten less state money for school upgrades.
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Fewer students are enrolling at schools throughout the state, particularly in areas with high costs of living like Los Angeles, which means a future with even less money.Listen 3:35
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A lawsuit claimed UC San Diego scholarship for Black students was discriminatory. It cited the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act as evidence.
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The current base pay for Cal State campus presidents ranges from $370,000 to more than $500,000.
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Air quality regulator South Coast AQMD is swapping out old school buses with electric ones.
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Test scores went up last year for California K-12 students. But chronic absenteeism and English learner progress rates remained stagnant.
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To increase student representation, UC student leaders are pushing for the second seat to also have voting power.
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California has made a new grade, transitional kindergarten, available for all four-year-olds. LAist reporters spent a day in three schools to find out what students do in class.
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A Chrome browser tool features a movable bubble that provides information without typing a prompt, spurring a rise in AI cheating on tests.
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At Pasadena City College, a professor helps students gear up for the naturalization test. But lately, she’s been feeling conflicted about her role.
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Teachers and parents played a key role in getting Los Angeles Unified students to perform well on state standardized tests.
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While not mandatory, the law provides support for phonics — focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out — to teach reading.
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Of the original nine schools that received the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the majority have indicated they are not planning on signing.
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After the pandemic years hit hard, national survey shows students are getting happier.
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The university says the compact, as the Trump administration called it, could undermine free inquiry and academic excellence.
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Cal State officials plan to use the loan to pay for one-time bonuses to faculty and staff. The loan must be repaid by July.
