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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 state’s food assistance program is ending two temporary eligibility rules in June.
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The calendar change is a repeat of a dustup over optional "acceleration days" added to the current school year.
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Enrollment is down at the University of California and the Cal State, which has frustrated lawmakers who gave both systems more money to increase their number of students.
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California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic studies teachers. But do educators need a special credential to teach ethnic studies? Some ethnic studies advocates say allowing any social science teacher to instruct the subject will lead to watered down and ineffective courses, while school districts argue that flexibility is important if they’re going to fill the roles.
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Key lawmakers want UC to follow CSU's lead and participate in an Associate Degree for Transfer program.
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Results suggest how schools teach reading matters more than a student's family income or English proficiency.
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Service Employees International Union Local 99 will be voting to ratify an agreement that followed a three-day strike.
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Amid growing concerns about mental health, some schools seek to ease the pressure on first-year students. Critics say this "ungrading" amounts to coddling and could set them up for failure.
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The union that represents school support staff in Los Angeles Unified School District has reached a tentative agreement with district leadership to increase wages by 30% and provide health care to more members.
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Parents and students pivoted while a three-day strike shut down Los Angeles Unified School District. There were teachable moments, some more successful than others.
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There’s been a lot of talk about a $4.9 billion budget reserve. We break down where the money comes from and how the district could spend it.
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District support staff have a lot on the line, with many hoping for a reprieve from needing multiple jobs.
