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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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California’s community colleges are reporting a rise in financial aid fraud. In January, suspected bots represented 1 in 4 college applicants. Schools have given away millions to these scams, and college officials say fraudsters are getting smarter with the help of AI.
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Education officials have extended deadlines and are offering help, but college applicants and their families are still reporting problems.
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From post-apocalypse classics to “mysterious and magical” graphic novels, here’s what the students at Octavia E. Butler Magnet are reading.
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The Pasadena middle school Butler graduated from now shares her name. A new generation of students is connecting with the late science fiction writer’s legacy, and difficulties.
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A $13 million state allotment and a bill that seeks to hone existing resources.
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For some students, Bad Bunny's songs have opened up new ways of seeing Puerto Rico and the United States, and possibly transformed lives.
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Hundreds of LAUSD buildings may still need to be retrofitted. How can you figure out if your kid's school is safe?
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The billionaire philanthropist and Amazon co-founder donated to more than 20 nonprofits in Southern California as part of an open contest nationwide.
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Because of delays at the federal level, some colleges are still waiting to receive financial aid information from the U.S. Department of Education.
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The policy would affect websites for academic units at all 10 campuses.
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Officials say the new platform will be a one-stop shop for information about student grades, attendance and performance.
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Communication about how students can access abortion pills is improving at California State University and University of California campuses following an LAist investigation.
