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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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He persevered through multiple challenges to excel as a student, charter school leader and for now county superintendent.
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Drug overdoses on college campuses are not tracked, and rarely publicized, as colleges cite health privacy laws. But advocates are working to make overdose reversal treatment widely available on campus.
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Some students turn to taking out loans as they await word on how much money they'll get.
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There are all kinds of ways to engage with your child's education, whether you have only a little time or a lot.
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All students in school need supplies — pencils, notebooks, backpacks, calculators, and even electronics like headphones and iPads.
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Amended legislation calls for expert panel to propose improvements to test.
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Debates over education in 2024 campaign likely to be fought more on ideological than policy grounds
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The Department of Education has again delayed the rollout of its updated federal financial aid application, known as FAFSA.
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Getting their first instrument is an emotionally stirring experience for many children, but for the low-income students served by the Harmony Project, it’s often a life-changing event.
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Multiple phone calls, emails, letters and requests for meetings are what parents should expect if their child is deemed truant. Most school districts appear less and less likely to lean on punitive measures in recent years.
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The University of California’s student government wants every campus to have a collegiate recovery program.
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The Los Angeles Unified School District voted unanimously put a bond that would pay for school repairs and upgrades to voters.
