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Nov 10, 2025
Through their San Luis Coastal Parent Information Network, they’ve launched a letter-writing campaign in hopes of securing $7.5 million from PG&E to account for the district’s missing unitary tax income, previously generated by Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
Nov 10, 2025
Trump officials say the end goal is to boost participation in the labor force, especially for the millions of young adults who are not in school or working.
Nov 10, 2025
A former Rialto Unified middle school student has filed a lawsuit alleging a substitute teacher failed to protect her by not breaking up a fight between her and a male student that was seen widely on social media
Nov 10, 2025
As Sacramento City Unified School District faces a $43 million budget deficit, it must prove fiscal solvency to prevent county intervention.
Nov 10, 2025
As a small girl in Highland, Baily Wilkins attended San Bernardino schools. She watched her mom teach special education students there. So it made sense when Wilkins later returned to her school district as a substitute teacher at Emmerton Elementary School, where she too worked with special-needs students.
Nov 10, 2025
Four months after control of the Oakland Unified School District was returned to local officials, they face a bleak financial reality that Superintendent Denise Gail Saddler warned will lead to cuts that cause “significant pain.”
Nov 10, 2025
Only a few months into Rosie Leyva’s job as a literacy specialist at Butler Academic Center, Alameda County’s juvenile hall school, she learned that success looks different for each student.
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