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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.

Dec 04, 2025

Sleep is a rare commodity at Lindsay Crain’s house. Most nights, she and her husband are up dozens of times, tending to their daughter’s seizures. The 16-year-old flails her arms, thrashes and kicks — sometimes for hours.

Dec 04, 2025

As California students continue to lag behind pre-pandemic achievement levels, candidates vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom say that state bureaucracy is to blame for a lackluster education system in one of the most powerful economies in the world.

Dec 04, 2025

Teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District plan to strike beginning Thursday as long-simmering labor disputes come to a head in major districts across the Bay Area.

Dec 04, 2025

Palisades Charter High School students are scheduled to return to their campus in January, one year after the Palisades fire devastated their community and badly damaged the popular school, displacing some 3,000 students.

Dec 04, 2025

As the lone Republican on stage, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco stood out as the only vocal supporter of school vouchers during a gubernatorial candidate forum Wednesday focused on education.

Dec 04, 2025

Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools moved one step closer to revocation or redemption this week after its authorizer, the Twin Rivers Unified School District, held a hearing on its possible closure.

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