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Before he heads out the door, Gov. Gavin Newsom must decide whether California will join 31 states in a new multibillion-dollar school choice program.
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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.
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While the board met in a closed session, dozens of parents, teachers and students protested the district’s decision to ban the “Social Studies Alive!” textbook which leaves more than 11,000 students without reading materials for the coming year.
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At the end of the 2022-2023 school year, we're profiling students who fought for something they believed in and made a difference.
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Teacher turnover is high at schools with large numbers of students living in poverty. Now California is pouring billions of dollars into two programs: One subsidizes college students in credentialing programs and the other offers money to districts that want to create community schools.
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Mt. San Antonio College owns seven Cessnas at Brackett Air Field, where students learn to fly.
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Dual-immersion programs sometimes take longer to get students proficient in English, but those students often catch up with or surpass English programs over time.
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Last year, California created a $500 million program to help prepare students for careers. With the state facing a $31.5 billion budget deficit, lawmakers want to claw back $400 million of the program.
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There were 16,491 new teaching credentials issued in California in 2021-22, the most recent fiscal year data available. The previous year, the state bestowed 19,659 such credentials.
