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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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Top schools official pleaded with parents to send their children to class: "Schools are safe."
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The lawsuit was filed by Students Against Racial Discrimination.
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A closed-loop system aims to empower, not replace, professors in subjects including literature and physics. And it appears to be improving student outcomes too.
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Morale at the district is low because of the impending layoffs and fear of immigration raids.
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Daycares have many questions — and fewer answers — about cleaning up a playground staple.
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There are still unanswered questions about rebuilding, how to make up for three weeks of lost in-person schooling, and how the fallout from the fires could worsen existing financial challenges.
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Some California State Universities are reminding staff of policies in place to refer any questions from immigration agents to campus police.
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Some students work multiple jobs and give up extracurricular activities to supplement their financial aid. Many say it’s worth it.
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Pierce College students made use of the skills they honed in class to help hundreds of large, stressed-out animals.
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CSU Dominguez Hills announced nearly three dozen people will be laid off this semester.
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Lahaina schools in Hawaii were closed for about two months for cleaning and environmental testing following August 2023 wildfire.
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As federal policies shift, Los Angeles schools distribute “Know Your Rights” cards to help immigrant families navigate encounters with immigration agents.
