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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.
Feb 25, 2026
A Kern County Superior Court judge has preliminarily rejected a petition to unseat a local school board trustee over a vote he cast at a meeting in October.
Feb 25, 2026
A seventh period is coming to junior high schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District — but not until the 2027-2028 school year.
Feb 25, 2026
The schools — the Cove School and Neil Cummins Elementary School in the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, and the private Montessori de Terra Linda in San Rafael — made the list of California Green Ribbon Schools for 2026.
Feb 25, 2026
Los Angeles Unified school officials said Tuesday that student participation and performance in Advanced Placement courses have risen above pre-pandemic levels, citing double-digit increases in enrollment and exams taken since the 2020-2021 school year.
Feb 25, 2026
One windy morning in December 2024, teachers at Orange Vista High School rushed students into a line that stretched to the street. Southern California Edison had cut the power for parts of Riverside County to prevent its equipment from sparking a fire.
Feb 25, 2026
Teachers in northern Sacramento County will strike beginning next week if they don’t reach a contract with their school district, potentially affecting 25,000 students across more than 40 school sites.
Feb 25, 2026
The Anaheim Union High School District will team up with local laundromats to provide students and families with accessible laundry services.
Feb 25, 2026
Two weeks after approving over 20 layoff notices for teachers, the Temecula school board agreed Tuesday night, Feb. 24, to hand out notices to 12 non-teaching employees.
Feb 25, 2026
Los Angeles Unified high school students have shown strong gains in Advanced Placement course enrollment, with a little more than half earned passing test scores last year that enable them to earn college credits at many universities, officials announced Tuesday.
Feb 25, 2026
In 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers set out a plan to create the largest universal preschool program in the country for 4-year-olds, through a massive ramp-up of an elementary grade known as transitional kindergarten, or TK.
Feb 25, 2026
Students in kindergarten through third grade who miss 10% or more of the school year are about twice as likely to switch school districts — and their attendance problems often follow them, according to new California research.
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