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Jan 16, 2026
Jill Baker, the Long Beach Unified School District’s first woman superintendent, will retire from her leadership role at the close of the 2025-26 academic year.
Jan 16, 2026
Investigations have dwindled. Before the layoffs last March, the office opened dozens of sexual violence investigations a year. Since then, it’s opened fewer than 10 nationwide, according to internal data obtained by The Associated Press.
Jan 16, 2026
The Fresno Unified board that oversees the district’s employee health benefits voted on Thursday to offer retirees an additional health care option amid continued uncertainty over their access to services.
Jan 16, 2026
New interim chief business officer Lisa-Grant Dawson told a frustrated board of trustees at a meeting Thursday night that the Sacramento City Unified School District is still at risk of running out of money by summer.
Jan 16, 2026
The fight over “Grading for Equity” now is popping in the East Bay’s Tri-Valley school districts, where education officials have a plan to counter potential opposition: remove the word “equity” from their policies.
Jan 16, 2026
Days after a San Jose school board member apologized for singing a song with references to a gun at an elementary school winter concert, he sang it again—this time in a video he posted to social media.
Jan 16, 2026
Federal officials have launched an investigation into the California Community Colleges Athletic Assn. and four other state colleges and school districts, alleging that their policies allowing sports participation based on gender identity violate the civil rights of female athletes, U.S. Education Department officials announced this week.
Jan 16, 2026
California communities and environmental justice groups worked for years to win a law to prevent new oil and gas wells from being drilled near where people live, work and gather. Now, the Trump administration is suing to overturn it.
Jan 16, 2026
A growing number of parents, teachers and neighbors have banded together in districts across the state, including Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego, to watch for ICE agents outside schools, walk students to school, and bring groceries for families who are afraid to leave their homes.
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