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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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The ban on student cellphone use in the country’s second largest school district starts Tuesday.
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Completion rates for FAFSA and other support are down compared with last year, though the deadline has been extended for many SoCal students.
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Student plaintiffs and the author of Proposition 28 join forces, alleging Los Angeles Unified improperly spent new arts money on existing teaching positions, not to add new educators.
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The California State University system is bracing for a cut of $375 million causing university officials to warn of fewer classes and faculty layoffs.
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During the latest round of layoffs, the tiny team was among the hundreds let go. And though some parts of the educational program remain, educators across the country mourn what was lost.
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But education researchers at Harvard and Stanford say there are bright spots — some individual school districts have surpassed pre-pandemic achievements.
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The funds, known as “indirect costs,” help universities maintain expensive labs and other infrastructure.
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Chiefs Coach Andy Reid left his mark as a player at Glendale College and has given back to the school after becoming an NFL legend.
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A bunny rescue grew into a district-wide effort to locate, save and care for lizards, snakes, rats and fish at a half-a-dozen schools.
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USC announced today that Beong-Soo Kim will serve as the university’s interim president. Kim has served as a senior vice president and general counsel at USC since 2020.
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Los Angeles Unified will spend $725 million to rebuild Palisades Charter High School, Palisades Charter Elementary and Marquez Charter Elementary.
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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
