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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 current base pay for Cal State campus presidents ranges from $370,000 to more than $500,000.
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The idea is to cover the same curriculum in half the time of a traditional 16-week course.
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Thousands of University of California campus and health center employees are on a two-day strike after stalled negotiations.Listen 0:37
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Staff recommend heavy cuts, which represent about 16% of the district’s projected budget.Listen 3:50
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The judge has previously sided with UC scholars several times since June in halting Trump’s termination of science and health research funding.
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Air quality regulator South Coast AQMD is swapping out old school buses with electric ones.Listen 0:41
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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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Schools had until March 2026 to spend remaining COVID relief money. The U.S. Department of Education cut those funds, amounting to about $200 million for California K-12 schools.
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Students and organizers of affinity college graduations say the Trump administration’s position makes affinity ceremonies take on a new meaning.
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So far, about 24,000 more students have applied for help to pay for college compared to this time last year.
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Federal agents were turned away from two South Los Angeles elementary schools this week, the district’s superintendent says.
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Scammers have stolen more than $10 million in federal financial aid from California’s community colleges in the last 12 months.
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The Los Angeles Unified School District Board voted Tuesday to amplify the role of the region’s Indigenous communities.
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Hernandez was doxxed by right-wing influencers and an elected official.
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The governor’s plan for career education attempts to streamline a disjointed job training system, but critics say the reforms aren’t enough.
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A high school in the San Fernando Valley is in the midst of a $274 million renovation that demonstrates the longevity of school bonds.
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A team out of Arizona State University is creating 3D models to help fire victims with their insurance claims, and to help bring closure.
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Infrastructure issues at California’s public universities are hindering students and faculty’s ability to learn and work on campus.
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Faculty and student activists say they’re proceeding with caution and camaraderie.
