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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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An Orange County judge had paused a strike by the University of California's academic workers. The strike is now over, but the underlying fight will continue.
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If you need last-minute support to complete your application, professional help is available.
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The Biden administration's student loan relief program, SAVE, is set to reduce payments this summer for many borrowers, but there are legal challenges looming.
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L.A. Unified's board approved an $18.4 billion budget that avoids layoffs and continues to fund raises and class size reductions despite the expiration of billions in federal pandemic relief funding.
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After weeks of negotiations with Gov. Newsom, the Legislature is poised to pass 2024-25 spending plan.
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Early music experiences may impart a lifelong neuroplasticity that boosts cognition, experts say.
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For many college-bound students, the federal financial aid process has been beset by problems.
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The Los Angeles Unified School District’s proposed budget maintains staffing, mental health support and continues to reduce class sizes despite the end of federal pandemic relief funding.
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Joseph Komrosky had formed a conservative majority alongside other newly elected members that, among other things, fired the superintendent.
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The state-mandated training for educators working with seventh to 12th grade students is coming in June 2025.
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USC’s College Advising Corps is turning perceived deficits of young men of color into strengths to get them enrolled in education after high school.
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The Los Angeles City Council approved the ballot language for the upcoming election in their meeting on Tuesday.
