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The 'Parental Rights' Movement Has Its Sights On This OC School Board

A conservative parent group is hoping to gain a lock on the Placentia-Yorba Linda school board by ousting two longtime incumbents.

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Proposal To Make LAUSD Candidates Eligible For Public Campaign Funding Introduced At City Council

Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell formally introduced a motion asking city officials to study opening L.A.'s "matching funds" program to candidates in LAUSD elections, likely through a ballot measure in 2024.

Two brown-skinned women appear in large photographs on campaign mailers printed with statements like, 'Vote Democrat María Brenes for school board" or "Dr. Rocío Rivas is the education leader our Los Angeles schools urgently need."

California Invested In Getting More Students Access To Free Food. But CalFresh Is Still Struggling On Outreach

There’s a surge in college student applications for CalFresh benefits. But some students complain the process is too bureaucratic. Some give up.

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A Lot Of California College Students Can Get Free Money For Food. Here's How

State and federal officials have expanded which college students can receive monthly food aid and campuses are doing more to get the word out.

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Results Of California’s First Statewide Tests Since COVID Are Back. Find Out How Your SoCal School Fared

Two tumultuous years of pandemic disruptions in the state's K-12 public schools have thrown many students off-track academically.

Late-In-Term Shuffling Of Teachers Harms Classes, Say Faculty And Officials

Los Angeles Unified and West Contra Costa Unified hope to move teachers earlier in future years if needed.

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Fall Undergraduate Enrollment Declines Have Slowed, But Still ‘Troubling’

Like the nation, California colleges saw undergraduate enrollment drop.

We Interviewed All 4 LA Unified School Board Candidates. Here's What We Learned

Where LAUSD's candidates stand on charter schools, school police and the new superintendent's job performance.

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Cal State Fullerton Won't Send Student Teachers To OC District That Banned Critical Race Theory

The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education voted in April to ban the college-level framework for examining how racism shapes laws and policies.

2 Professors Sue Cal State Over Caste Non-Discrimination Policy

The faculty members say the California State University system singled out people of South Asian and Hindu backgrounds when it added caste to its non-discrimination policy.

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