Education

International students worry as SoCal universities pause work authorizations

DHS says they have put universities "on notice" that they could be in violation of federal rules that dictate work opportunities for international students.

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Schools reel from the extreme heat, but getting a new AC in the classroom isn’t an easy fix

Parents have taken to social media, created petitions and are proposing a bond measure in order to address sweltering classrooms.

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After 10 years of bilingual education in California, demand is high but teacher supply low

Bilingual teacher training programs haven’t recovered from 1998 ban organized by English Only advocates.

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There are more homeless infants and toddlers in CA. What does this mean for early learning programs?

More than 5% of California’s infants and toddlers are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, a rise of about 12,000, or 16%, from the previous year.

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Do later school start times help California students? Here’s what a new study says

Many schools still struggle with the transition to later school start times, advocates say.

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Federal civil rights data about students is finally out. It's different under Trump

The Education Department gathers a massive tranche of civil rights data about public school students. It's now available but harder to parse than in the past.