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Nov 20, 2024
A Black employee at Tamalpais High School has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the school district violated state and federal laws by failing to notify him about a racist video that circulated in the school last fall.
Nov 20, 2024
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Board members are looking to make it harder to fire Superintendent Alex Cherniss and to hand oversight responsibility of their controversial Universal Sports Institute to a charter school two weeks after the November election.
Nov 20, 2024
A high school student is accused of spreading child sexual abuse material of his ex-girlfriend, according to a recently filed lawsuit in the Sacramento Superior Court. Administrators at their school are also accused of knowing the video existed and not reporting the issue to authorities.
Nov 20, 2024
San Diego County and California leaders in K-12 public education are bracing for a second Donald Trump presidency that they say is likely to threaten federal funding for low-income, special-education and other vulnerable students, erode protections for LGBTQ+ students and promote particular ideas of patriotism in schools.
Nov 20, 2024
The head of an education technology startup that created a highly touted chatbot for the Los Angeles school system has been arrested and charged with fraud. Federal prosecutors, in an indictment unsealed Tuesday, accused Joanna Smith-Griffin of defrauding investors and charged her with securities fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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