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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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Advocates supporting a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a right to a high-quality education say they want to hold schools accountable. But critics fear its vague language could unleash a barrage of lawsuits.
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Some say the proposed increase should include transparency measures.
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In arts education, as in the arts, experts say, collaboration is often the key. A small school in a rural district might join forces with another school to share a dance teacher, for example.
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The University of Southern California and Caltech have joined the STARS College Network, alongside 14 other schools across the country, with hopes of improving rural students' access to information about college and increasing enrollment on campus.
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Though voters soundly rejected an effort to legalize affirmative action in California in 2020, state Democrats are trying again, proposing a limited version that would allow state agencies to consider race if academic research shows evidence those race-based programs could work. Familiar political battle lines are forming.
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Community colleges saw record declines in enrollment during the pandemic, but students 50 years and older fell the farthest. Now, some colleges are trying to reel them back in.
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Analysis by research institute CREDO, based at Stanford, found little difference for white, Asian and special education students but strong progress by Black and Hispanic students attending Aspire and other charter management organizations.
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Students at Los Angeles-area community colleges have more opportunities to recognize Juneteenth, but also look for more support year-round.
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California’s new state budget allocates $1 million for mandatory dyslexia screenings and additional support for students having difficulty reading.
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Widespread access will remain challenging, advocates say.
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Nearly two-thirds of total unused $13.5 billion must be spent by fall of 2024.
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As hot days become more extreme and common, California education researchers are urging that school districts be required to develop heat plans to keep students safe, just as they have policies for severe storms and active shooters.
