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Apr 30, 2025
It's no coincidence Kern nabbed a disproportionately large share of the 1,000-bus initiative: The program targeted school districts in rural areas serving poor or disadvantaged communities.
Apr 30, 2025
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has nudged parties at odds on how early literacy should be taught to agree to legislation that could significantly advance reading proficiency in California.
Apr 30, 2025
Anaheim Union High School District board members are looking to increase funding for public schools as they join the statewide “We Can’t Wait” campaign.
Apr 30, 2025
Monárrez was leading a Massachusetts school district, where she was involved in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department.
Apr 30, 2025
The Oakland teachers union announced a one-day strike set for Thursday, saying the district has “refused to provide basic financial transparency” and keep cuts away from schools.
Apr 30, 2025
Last year, a Washington Post investigation identified more than 200 school police officers across the country “who were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022.”
Apr 30, 2025
Many California school districts’ contracts for policing services do not prohibit officers from involvement in routine student disciplinary matters, despite the federal government’s guidance that administrators are responsible for handling those issues, an EdSource investigation found.
Apr 30, 2025
A former Ventura County school counselor, who was arrested in November on suspicion of molesting eight young children, has been charged with 14 additional felony counts of lewd acts upon a child after five more victims came forward, authorities said.
Apr 30, 2025
A bill that could reshape literacy education in California elementary schools cleared a major hurdle in the Legislature this week after dueling sides reached a compromise that provides funding for phonics-based instruction but stops short of requiring it.
Apr 30, 2025
The Redland Unified School District Board approved a resolution to enforce “fairness in girls’ interscholastic sports,” placing the Inland Empire district in the middle of escalating conflicts over transgender students’ rights.
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