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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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We can’t tell you which schools to apply to, but we can share advice from parents who’ve been there before.
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The Natural History Museum has a new “front porch” — a 75,000-square-foot exhibition space that’s free and open to the public starting Sunday.
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Former principal Scott Schmerelson will retain his seat on the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education, representing Board District 3 in the West San Fernando Valley.
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Brandi O’Kelley, who runs the system’s social media, uses humor to draw more readers.
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The district’s expectation is that when students come back from Presidents’ Day weekend in February, the rollout will be finished at every school.
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Students will not be allowed to use cellphones, smartwatches, or earbuds on campus during school hours, though there will be exceptions.
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Hendy Newbill has decades of experience as a teacher, basketball coach and administrator at her alma mater Dorsey High School.
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Folt was brought on in 2019 to usher in "a new era" following a series of high-profile scandals.
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The president-elect has pledged to carry out mass deportations.
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With a majority of votes counted in L.A. County, candidates in two of the three open seats on the LAUSD school board appear to have solid leads.
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In Southern California, candidates and political action committees are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaigns for community college board seats.
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California State University, Los Angeles has laid off many lecturers, while neighboring campuses appear to be hiring.
