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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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With the Palisades Fire close by, UCLA will move undergraduate and graduate classes online through Friday, Jan. 17.
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All Los Angeles Unified schools, child care and adult education centers will be closed through Friday, Jan. 10.
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Test scores are only one measure of what happens inside a school. Here’s what to look for to find the best fit for your child.
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As multiple fires burn across the Los Angeles area, several districts that hoped to be open by now have stayed shuttered.
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New UCLA chancellor brings experience as a former University of Miami president, Harvard administrator, and Mexico health secretary.
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There is again widespread uncertainty among immigrant families in California about what is to come, given President-elect Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportation.
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At an upcoming exhibition hosted by Cal State Long Beach, Greater L.A.’s next generation of artists are honing their skills and building community.
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California legislators want to limit deportation actions at schools, but they can’t ban immigration officials.
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There's an effort to broaden the ways that students may be able to receive credit for what they’ve learned outside a college classroom, whether on the job, through volunteering or even a hobby.
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California schools to teach students about the short- and long-term harms of excessive drinking and related health risks.
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The LAist education team this year worked to bring nuance to difficulties the state faces, and shine a light on solutions that can fly under the radar. Here's some of what we learned along the way.
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Panel of experts chooses reading difficulty screeners that districts can use for kindergarten through second grade.
