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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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Hundreds of California schools won the National Blue Ribbon honor before the program ended in August.Listen 0:46
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The Trump administration and Congress have taken a series of actions that could greatly affect federal student loan borrowers.
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The city promised a "smooth" transition to non-city providers, but some families are skeptical.
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Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.Listen 3:12
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Some teachers and advocates objected to a plan to require phonics instruction in K-12 schools. The latest deal makes it optional.
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The Republican proposal would eliminate grad PLUS loans, set strict limits on parent PLUS loans and create a system in which colleges would be on the hook if their students don't repay their loans.Listen 3:33
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In Los Angeles Unified alone, there are more than 400 elementary schools, plus hundreds of specialized programs and dozens of charter schools run by separate nonprofits.
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Author and professor Héctor Tobar reflects on nearly three decades of work.
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More than 1,500 international students nationwide who had their visas revoked by the Trump administration will have them restored. But the relief may be temporary.
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California receives $2.4 billion in federal Title I money for low-income schools, about $1.3 billion for special education and $250 million for after-school programs, among other grants.
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Lisi Harrison’s The Clique series rode the Mean Girls wave of the 2000s, but her approach to writing about teen drama has changed over the decades.
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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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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.
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Lucille J. Smith Elementary was one of 31 California schools to be nominated as a National Blue Ribbon School.
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The Reseda high schooler has been in federal immigration detention since August.
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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.
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Faculty filed a public records lawsuit to get details of a negotiation that has mostly taken place behind closed doors.
