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May 13, 2026
Fresno Unified trustees have given the green light to move forward with the school district’s proposed layoffs and “bumps” ahead of the 2026-27 school year. The board approved two resolutions to reduce or eliminate certain certificated and classified roles during a special meeting Monday afternoon.
May 13, 2026
A Pasadena Unified School District committee has recommended that no schools merge into others, a big victory for parents and other stakeholders who for months have decried a “consolidation” process they said would negatively impact students and neighborhoods and which itself they said was tainted.
May 13, 2026
Across the country, the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession — a slide in the reading skills of students that predates pandemic school disruption, but there are several relative bright spots in California that include the Modesto, Compton and Los Angeles school districts, researchers say.
May 13, 2026
Look for three key numbers affecting TK-12 funding when Gov. Gavin Newsom releases a much-anticipated revision of 2026-27 state budget on Thursday, known as the “May revision.” One big, one small and one huge.
May 13, 2026
State leaders’ recent attention to early literacy has led to funding and new programs to help close the literacy achievement gap. But math? The state hasn’t focused on it. And that neglect shows.
May 13, 2026
Students attending Compton Unified School District and Modesto City Schools are improving in reading faster than students in demographically similar districts amid what a team of researchers has identified as a national “reading recession.”
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