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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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The 2024 national podcasting contest for middle and high school students is open for entries. It will close on May 3.
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A week of screenings, panels, and meaningful conversations leads to new confidence and excitement to make movies.
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One year after California became the first state to require that its public universities provide the abortion pill to students, LAist found that basic information on where or how students can obtain the medication is lacking and, often, nonexistent.
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For many of California State University's faculty members, the chancellor's salary and benefits are an example of executive pay run amok.
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The proposal would have meant challenging a federal law that bars employers from hiring undocumented immigrants. Advocates requesting the change argue that the University of California, as a state agency, is exempt from that law.
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Students and staff who test positive for the virus and have symptoms are still required to isolate.
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While mental health counselors will see an increase in pay, their demands for increased hiring of tenure-track faculty was not included in the agreement.
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Just over half of faculty work part-time and more than half of CSU faculty do not have long-term job security.
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The U.S. Department of Education says it will fix a mistake that would have hurt low-income students, lowering their financial aid.
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California State University faculty walked off the job Monday, to protest for better pay, working conditions, and other changes. By the end of the day, their union had agreed to terms with the university’s management.
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The hundreds of thousands of students across 23 campuses won't have classes.
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Last year the governor proposed asking community colleges to return their COVID relief money. Although that idea was dropped, college officials fear committing dollars that may be taken away.
