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Mar 09, 2026

Eureka City Schools is receiving what Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Paul Ziegler is calling a “shot in the arm,” with Eureka High’s Albee Stadium (football, soccer, track) and Bud Cloney Field (baseball) receiving upgrades.

Mar 09, 2026

Dozens of high schoolers took a chilly dive into the icy blue waters of Paso Robles High School’s brand-new swimming pool for the first time on Friday.

Mar 09, 2026

The Arroyo High School senior, 17, spent a whirlwind year changing the school lunch program at El Monte Union High School district, establishing a Dietary Inclusion Council and advocating in Washington, D.C., for passage of a law allowing schools to offer nondairy milk options.

Mar 09, 2026

The Riverside high school will begin changing its mascot, logo, athletic uniforms and other campus imagery from the Braves to the Toros, the Spanish word for bulls.

Mar 09, 2026

Six non-teaching employees in Upland schools have received layoff notices for next school year.

Mar 09, 2026

Lawyers for plaintiffs in a lawsuit involving a transgender former athlete at Riverside’s Martin Luther King High School have vowed to appeal a ruling dismissing the roughly 15-month-old case.

Mar 09, 2026

After several years of planning and construction, their dream became reality in late 2024 with construction complete on a 135-unit apartment complex built in the Sunset neighborhood near the beach. Following a lottery and lengthy application process, it’s now filled with residents. But not with teachers.

Mar 09, 2026

Despite their varying sizes and budgets, the root problem is the same for most: Amid declining enrollment, the districts are not taking in enough money to keep up with their rising expenses.

Mar 09, 2026

When the Los Angeles school board placed Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on leave last week after federal searches of his home and office, the sudden leadership vacuum at the nation’s second-largest school system raised immediate questions about who would steady the district.

Mar 09, 2026

The district that has been grappling with a multimillion-dollar budget crisis and the prospect of state receivership now projects having just enough cash to make it through this school year.

Mar 09, 2026

Many Californians have long complained that, despite the state’s vast riches, California’s per-student funding is low compared to other states. And that used to be true. But now, the state ranks 13th among states in per-student spending in 2022-23, the latest available data.

Mar 09, 2026

In late February, students at Coarsegold Elementary School in Madera County roamed around a classroom that’s like no other on campus. One student jumped on a mini-trampoline, releasing pent-up energy. Others settled into a rocking chair or on beanbags to read books.

Mar 06, 2026

Attorneys for parents and students in school districts with unsafe, unhealthy and inadequate facilities that the districts say they can’t afford to fix asked the Alameda County Superior Court on Friday to freeze $3 billion in state funding for building repairs until the court has ruled on their lawsuit challenging the state’s funding system.

Mar 06, 2026

Dozens of San Rafael educators rallied this week to show support for students and families stressed by federal policies.

Mar 06, 2026

Roseville High School is getting a $40 million remodel, bringing upgrades to campus life for its students. The school is getting a new two-story classroom building, six new tennis courts, an aquatics center and a fully enclosed campus.

Mar 06, 2026

A federal judge Thursday refused to intervene in TIDE Academy’s plans to close, rejecting parents’ emergency request to stop the Menlo Park school from permanently shutting down.

Mar 06, 2026

An elementary school in California’s Central Valley filed a police report after a registered sex offender running for city council held a news conference across the street from campus while students were present, according to school officials.

Mar 06, 2026

Teachers across Twin Rivers Unified were out of the classroom and on the picket line Thursday, for day one of the school district’s first-ever teacher strike.

Mar 05, 2026

Officials at a Fresno elementary school filed a police report after a City Council candidate who is a registered sex offender held a news conference across the street from the campus during weekday afternoon hours, raising questions about public safety and who is legally allowed to run for and serve in public office in California.

Mar 05, 2026

An investigation is underway into the source of video that was shared among Lodi Unified School District students last week that depicts inappropriate behavior in a boys locker room.

Mar 05, 2026

Funds from the measure, if voters approve, would be used for upgrades to educational facilities and new construction.

Mar 05, 2026

To a chorus of boos, San Diego Unified School District’s board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to cut more than 200 classified jobs, in a move expected to lead to layoffs for about 70 people.

Mar 05, 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week to reinstate parents’ right to be notified of their child’s gender identity has left California schools in temporary legal limbo and advocates concerned for the safety of transgender students.

Mar 04, 2026

Pasadena Unified School District Tuesday, March 3, opened a survey to garner public input on potential school consolidation or school closure.

Mar 04, 2026

The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday affirming the right of parents to know about their child’s gender identity at school has left California educators with complicated questions about how to protect the sometimes competing rights of students, school employees and family members.

Mar 04, 2026

In an emotional meeting rife with community outrage, a special committee delayed an impending recommendation to close several San Jose Unified elementary schools, citing concerns the plan would close too many schools.

Mar 04, 2026

California teachers have slightly better morale on average than their peers in other states, but more are planning to leave the profession in the next decade, according to Education Week’s annual The State of Teaching report.

Mar 03, 2026

An elementary school in Atascadero was briefly placed on lockdown Monday morning after a student reportedly witnessed an individual carrying a gun on campus.

Mar 03, 2026

A former Charter Oak High School teacher faces five years in prison for committing unlawful sexual acts with two female students, authorities said.

Mar 03, 2026

Thirty-one classified employees in the Elk Grove Unified School District will lose their jobs next school year as the district eliminates positions funded by a COVID-19 recovery grant, district officials and the union confirmed.

Mar 03, 2026

A San Francisco math teacher was on indefinite leave Monday after administrators learned he required his students to solve quiz problems about a “fat kid” punted in the air and the monetary cost of dating girls based on their weight or “sexy points.”

Mar 03, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District is officially on the hook for providing high-dosage tutoring to students after a judge approved a settlement reached last fall.

Mar 03, 2026

The investigation that led to last week’s FBI raid at the home and office of schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho stemmed from a referral more than a year ago from New York prosecutors working a criminal fraud case involving a technology company with a Los Angeles Unified School District contract that went bust, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

Mar 03, 2026

California must allow teachers in its public schools to notify parents that their child identifies as transgender, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting a state policy that a lower court had upheld.

Mar 02, 2026

The Paso Robles school district will construct new, private changing spaces in one of its locker rooms as a hopeful solution to community division over the inclusion of transgender girls in girls facilities.

Mar 02, 2026

Trustees of the Tamalpais Union High School District, faced with declining enrollment and a budget deficit, have approved $2.2 million worth of staff cuts.

Mar 02, 2026

Voters in the Novato Unified School District will decide this spring whether to approve an additional parcel tax that will double the annual payments.

Mar 02, 2026

A Los Angeles Police Department investigation is underway into the death of a 12-year-old girl who succumbed to injuries sustained when she was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School.

Mar 02, 2026

Los Angeles schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho was put on paid leave Friday while he is part of a federal investigation, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters.

Mar 02, 2026

The Oakland Unified School District teachers union announced a tentative new contract Friday morning, less than 48 hours after the Board of Education voted to eliminate hundreds of positions to reduce a $102 million budget deficit, avoiding another state takeover.

Mar 02, 2026

Jeremy Taylor had just finished dinner at home in Oakland after a day of teaching when his phone rang, his principal’s name lighting up the screen. The words he heard next, he recalled, barely registered: Allegations of misconduct.

Mar 02, 2026

San Jose Unified School District’s proposed school closures echo elements of a 2022 Oakland Unified plan that state officials later said would have disproportionately affected Black and low-income students.

Mar 02, 2026

Teachers unions are demanding better pay and health benefits. Districts are pleading tight budgets. And students and parents are wondering: How will the tough choices ahead shape their schools’ futures?

Mar 02, 2026

Los Angeles schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho has been placed on indefinite administrative leave, officials announced Friday — two days after FBI agents raided his home and office related to an undisclosed criminal investigation.

Mar 02, 2026

California schools lost more than $2.2 million in state funding over two years because some students did not have all the vaccinations required by state law, according to data obtained by EdSource from the California State Controller’s Office.

Mar 02, 2026

When a mother in the small city of Greenfield in the Salinas Valley received a call that her middle school daughter had been in a fight, she had a lot of questions. But she couldn’t get answers, because no one at the school could speak Triqui.

Feb 27, 2026

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education on Thursday, Feb. 26, voted to reduce more than 160 certificated and classified positions as part of an ongoing effort to curb a financial crisis.

Feb 27, 2026

Thousands of California K-12 teachers have walked off their jobs or voted to strike in the past few months, as part of a strategic, statewide effort by the California Teachers Association to boost salaries and benefits — and get the public’s attention.

Feb 27, 2026

On Wednesday night, Fresno Unified’s governing board voted unanimously to notify 84 certified employees and 190 classified employees their positions will be terminated at the end of the school year. The district is also going to eliminate 64 vacant positions.

Feb 27, 2026

Just days after the Oakland teachers union voted to authorize a strike, the Oakland Unified School District board decided to eliminate hundreds of positions to reduce a $102 million budget deficit and balance the books of one of the largest school districts in the Bay Area.

Feb 27, 2026

Educators in two Sacramento area districts are gearing up to go on strike as soon as next week, disrupting the families of tens of thousands of students. Union leaders at Twin Rivers Unified announced Thursday they are headed to the picket lines March 5, after a last meeting with the district failed to produce an agreement.

Feb 27, 2026

After a four-hour closed session on Thursday, the Los Angeles Unified School District board recessed without announcing a decision on whether Superintendent Alberto Carvalho will be placed on leave a day after the FBI raided his residence and the district’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters.

Feb 26, 2026

Disappointed that lawsuits and complaints against school districts haven’t forced change, a national Jewish nonprofit law organization is suing the California Department of Education and state officials for their failure to stem antisemitism in California schools.

Feb 26, 2026

California schools lost more than $2.2 million in state funding over two years because some students did not have all the vaccinations required by state law, according to data obtained by EdSource from the California State Controller’s Office.

Feb 26, 2026

The Santa Barbara Unified School District voted Tuesday night to send layoff notices to 66 employees, including those in teaching and administrative positions.

Feb 26, 2026

Paso Robles High School has officially hired a new principal, filling a hole left when former principal Megan Fletcher resigned after she was arrested for an alleged DUI on campus in November.

Feb 26, 2026

After an Advanced Placement computer science course was not listed in the upcoming school year catalog, students, parents and teachers took their concerns to Lodi Unified school board meetings this month.

Feb 26, 2026

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education on Thursday, Feb. 26, is poised to formally approve more than 160 layoffs to certificated and classified employees, part of a massive plan to quell a $30 million structural deficit that has roiled the district for months.

Feb 26, 2026

Three members of the Tuolumne County Board of Education were appointed at a special public meeting Tuesday night to temporarily serve on the Sonora Elementary School District Board of Trustees, which has been left without the capacity to govern following a recent cascade of resignations.

Feb 26, 2026

Law enforcement officers served a search warrant Wednesday at the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, according to several law enforcement sources.

Feb 26, 2026

Fresno Unified is closing 19 preschool classes at various locations due to a loss of $7 million in state funding. The closure is part of the 274 layoffs pending in Fresno Unified as the district faces a current deficit of $77 million and a projected deficit of $59 million for the following year.

Feb 26, 2026

The Oakland school district pulled up to a crossroads Wednesday night, the school board deciding which way to go: Vote to eliminate more than 400 jobs next year or stay on the path toward a fiscal cliff.

Feb 26, 2026

Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho came to Los Angeles with much fanfare in 2022, hailed as a national education leader who could help pull city schools out of a COVID funk and raise student achievement.

Feb 26, 2026

After more than 10 months of negotiations, a fact-finding phase, and two late-night bargaining sessions, Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Education Association appear to be moving closer to a deal on a new contract for Oakland teachers.

Feb 26, 2026

Federal authorities raided the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a probe related to a company that developed an AI chatbot for the nation’s second-largest school system.

Feb 25, 2026

A Kern County Superior Court judge has preliminarily rejected a petition to unseat a local school board trustee over a vote he cast at a meeting in October.

Feb 25, 2026

A seventh period is coming to junior high schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District — but not until the 2027-2028 school year.

Feb 25, 2026

The schools — the Cove School and Neil Cummins Elementary School in the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, and the private Montessori de Terra Linda in San Rafael — made the list of California Green Ribbon Schools for 2026.

Feb 25, 2026

Los Angeles Unified school officials said Tuesday that student participation and performance in Advanced Placement courses have risen above pre-pandemic levels, citing double-digit increases in enrollment and exams taken since the 2020-2021 school year.

Feb 25, 2026

One windy morning in December 2024, teachers at Orange Vista High School rushed students into a line that stretched to the street. Southern California Edison had cut the power for parts of Riverside County to prevent its equipment from sparking a fire.

Feb 25, 2026

Teachers in northern Sacramento County will strike beginning next week if they don’t reach a contract with their school district, potentially affecting 25,000 students across more than 40 school sites.

Feb 25, 2026

The Anaheim Union High School District will team up with local laundromats to provide students and families with accessible laundry services.

Feb 25, 2026

Two weeks after approving over 20 layoff notices for teachers, the Temecula school board agreed Tuesday night, Feb. 24, to hand out notices to 12 non-teaching employees.

Feb 25, 2026

Los Angeles Unified high school students have shown strong gains in Advanced Placement course enrollment, with a little more than half earned passing test scores last year that enable them to earn college credits at many universities, officials announced Tuesday.

Feb 25, 2026

In 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers set out a plan to create the largest universal preschool program in the country for 4-year-olds, through a massive ramp-up of an elementary grade known as transitional kindergarten, or TK.

Feb 25, 2026

Students in kindergarten through third grade who miss 10% or more of the school year are about twice as likely to switch school districts — and their attendance problems often follow them, according to new California research.

Feb 24, 2026

Following weeks of resignations, criminal allegations and public outcry, the three remaining Sonora Elementary School District trustees voted unanimously Friday to appoint Twila Tosh as interim superintendent in hopes of restoring stability and rebuilding trust in the district’s leadership.

Feb 24, 2026

The San Juan Unified School Board will consider Tuesday whether to authorize the district to eliminate up to 320 full-time positions. It was unknown how many of the positions on the list are currently vacant, according to Raj Rai, a district spokesperson.

Feb 24, 2026

After three decades climbing the ranks of Sacramento City Unified School District, Lisa Allen stepped down as superintendent just as the district’s dire financial crisis began to look up.

Feb 24, 2026

Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Don Austin resigned after a closed-door meeting of the school board on Feb. 20. Austin, who has been superintendent for eight years, said he requested the meeting, and his resignation was neither a retirement nor a termination.

Feb 24, 2026

When more than 90% of San Diego Unified School District teachers voted to authorize a strike, it wasn’t just about pay increases or health care benefits — it was about special education caseloads that some teachers say are pushing them out of the profession.

Feb 23, 2026

ICE agents were near the high school Friday morning, Ed Zuchelli, a spokesman for the Santa Barbara Unified School District said. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the district put a “hold” on students, he said.

Feb 23, 2026

Carpinteria Family School will permanently close in June, the Carpinteria Unified School Board confirmed last week.

Feb 23, 2026

After months of controversy, trustees of the Sausalito Marin City School District have approved a two-year contract extension for the superintendent.

Feb 23, 2026

The Larkspur-Corte Madera School District has approved two-year contracts with both of its major labor unions.

Feb 23, 2026

Hundreds of contracted workers, alongside 54 classified employees, will be laid off from their Long Beach Unified School District jobs after the Board of Education OK’d the action during its Wednesday meeting.

Feb 23, 2026

Trial is scheduled to begin Friday in a lawsuit alleging that California School for the Deaf-Riverside failed for more than two years to protect a “profoundly vulnerable” former student from sexual assaults by several classmates.

Feb 23, 2026

Redwood High School senior students in Visalia want the “homophobic slur” photo incident behind them, while other students said they worry that the incident shows that LGBTQ+ students are not treated with respect in the community and don’t feel safe.

Feb 23, 2026

A Placer Union High School District trustee is under investigation by an independent third party following allegations of overreach into the Del Oro High School girls basketball team, the district said in a statement.

Feb 23, 2026

With costs mounting for alleged sexual misconduct cases, the Los Angeles school board has approved $250 million in bonds — on top of $500 million already authorized less than a year ago — to fund payouts to victims.

Feb 23, 2026

The Antioch school district has agreed to pay $1.25 million to the family of a 16-year-old student killed in a campus shooting, after officials had raised repeated concerns about safety at Deer Valley High School.

Feb 23, 2026

The Trump administration is suing California over a law preventing new oil and gas wells from being located too close to schools, homes and other sensitive sites.

Feb 23, 2026

At a recent meeting of California’s high school sports governing board, two seniors from Arroyo Grande High School spoke out against a transgender peer competing on their track and field team and allegedly “watching” them in the girls’ locker room.

Feb 23, 2026

California has a number of laws aimed at protecting children’s data privacy, but those laws have exceptions that allow many tech companies to continue packaging and selling students’ personal information.

Feb 23, 2026

With the ink barely dry on a $183 million agreement that ended the historic San Francisco teachers strike this month, the district will ask the school board to approve preliminary layoff notices for 42 educators and other staff.

Feb 23, 2026

Oakland teachers could go on strike as early as next week if union leaders call for one, marking the last step in an adversarial bargaining process that has dragged on for nearly a year.

Feb 20, 2026

For years, staff and faculty at Lodi Unified School District have raised concerns that athletic fields and grassy areas for physical education classes have been parched.

Feb 20, 2026

Ongoing leadership turmoil at Sonora Elementary School District intensified this week with the resignations of two top board members.

Feb 20, 2026

The Ventura Unified School District is expected to lay off what amounts to more than 45 full-time positions at the end of the current academic year.

Feb 20, 2026

Clovis Unified School District plans to build a new elementary school near Perrin Road and North Minnewawa Avenue, an area undergoing a housing development boom.

Feb 20, 2026

With the Sacramento City Unified School District facing a potential $113 million budget deficit, its board continues to face tough decisions.

Feb 20, 2026

A preliminary plan approved Wednesday to lay off hundreds of staff members could help the Antioch Unified School District address upcoming budget deficits that range in the millions.

Feb 20, 2026

The Alvord school board voted to give layoff notices to 123 employees — 10% of its staff — after experiencing a steady decline in enrollment over the past 10 years.

Feb 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to join a federal lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles school district of discriminating against white students.

Feb 19, 2026

San Diego teachers cancelled a district-wide strike after reaching an agreement with the district to invest in special education staffing and services.

Feb 19, 2026

Educating California’s nearly 6 million public school students is the state budget’s second largest expenditure, and one that has increased sharply during Gavin Newsom’s governorship.

Feb 19, 2026

Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math.

Feb 18, 2026

Visalia Unified School District Superintendent Kirk Shrum called the anti-gay slur photo taken by a group of high school students last week “an act that has deeply impacted our community.”

Feb 18, 2026

Elk Grove Unified School District board members voted Tuesday to eliminate, release or reassign a number of classified positions in the district at a meeting while approving a raise for themselves, which is required by law.

Feb 18, 2026

Hundreds of teachers, students and residents descended upon the Dublin School Board meeting last week to demand the immediate firing of the district’s superintendent amid districtwide budget cuts.

Feb 18, 2026

Since California made it easier for sexual abuse survivors to sue government agencies, victims have brought forth more than $3 billion in claims. But even agencies that haven’t been sued are facing financial hardship as a result of the law — through skyrocketing insurance premiums.

Feb 18, 2026

The Los Angeles school board — confronted with deficit spending and an internal forecast of insolvency in three years — narrowly voted to send out 3,200 notices of possible layoff, launching a process that is expected to result in as many as 650 layoffs, moves strongly opposed by labor groups as unnecessary and harmful to students.

Feb 18, 2026

California’s transitional kindergarten instruction should remain developmentally appropriate and prioritize play as a form of learning, the state emphasized in a proposed clarification of the transitional kindergarten definition.

Feb 18, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District school board voted Tuesday to approve a reduction in force plan that could send notices of a possible layoff to roughly 3,200 employees, administrators, central office and centrally-funded positions, though roughly 650 layoffs are expected.

Feb 17, 2026

Teachers are pushing for the school district to adopt a seven-period schedule to allow all students to have the option of taking an elective.

Feb 17, 2026

Voters in the Ross Valley School District will have a second chance to vote on a parcel tax measure in the June 2 election.

Feb 17, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is set to consider authorizing thousands of preliminary layoff notices today as the nation’s second-largest school system moves to address a projected structural deficit of $877 million in the 2026-2027 school year.

Feb 17, 2026

he Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education on Thursday, Feb. 12, laid out a series of desired outcomes around forthcoming consolidation talks that focused on student achievement, fiscal responsibility and streamlining efficiencies.

Feb 17, 2026

The recently released report for the 2024-25 academic year, however, marks the first time an auditor declared that there is a high probability the district will be unable to meet its financial obligations for the upcoming year.

Feb 17, 2026

A student who leaves campus for only part of the day to protest, or for any other reason, still counts as having attended school for the purposes of calculating ADA.

Feb 17, 2026

The Los Angeles Police Department urged students Monday to stay in school “amid recent downtown activity” in which young people walked off campuses to take part in protests against immigration enforcement raids.

Feb 17, 2026

San Diego Unified School District and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract as well as a deal to avoid a one-day strike over special-education staffing.

Feb 17, 2026

Plans for a school walkout on Friday spread like wildfire for hundreds of Redlands students. The demonstration, which involved 450 students from five Redlands middle and high schools, protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, student organizers said.

Feb 17, 2026

Recent walkouts at school campuses by students protesting the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts probably haven’t hurt California public school budgets.

Feb 17, 2026

Some Visalia high school seniors could face suspension or expulsion after a photo circulated of a group using the letters on their shirts to spell out a homophobic slur in the school’s gym last week.

Feb 17, 2026

Food service workers, safety officers, instructional aides and student service coordinators: These are some of the positions on the list of more than 400 that Sacramento City Unified School District plans to eliminate to address its budget crisis.

Feb 17, 2026

After some 150 students walked out of Redlands schools early this month in support of immigrants, they were dealt an unexpected consequence: a temporary suspension of school privileges as administrators enforced rules that forbid them from leaving a classroom without permission.

Feb 17, 2026

More than 3,200 Los Angeles Unified School District employees would receive a notice of a possible layoff under a proposal to be considered at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, while union leaders call to pause the decision until the state revenue forecast becomes clearer.

Feb 13, 2026

Vista Continuation High School in central Bakersfield moved closer to demolition and expanded reconstruction this month after the project’s draft environmental review cleared a key regulatory hurdle.

Feb 13, 2026

Multilingual learners and students with disabilities are usually the ones who get the short end of the stick — they get saddled with extra requirements, such as supplemental English classes, which leave no room for electives.

Feb 13, 2026

San Luis Obispo County teacher Jehan Mirzaei did something at a Feb. 3 school board meeting that virtually no one expected — he quit.

Feb 13, 2026

The Novato Unified School District plans to issue preliminary layoff or reduced hours warning notices to more than four dozen teachers and other staff for the 2026-27 school year.

Feb 13, 2026

Pleasant Valley High School students lined the streets at the intersection of East and Ceanothus avenues after walking out of their classes Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Feb 13, 2026

Cheryl Griffiths’ tenure as superintendent of the Sonora Elementary School District came to an abrupt end Wednesday, less than two weeks after she was charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly failing to report suspected child abuse at the school last year.

Feb 13, 2026

Community members and parents who attended Tuesday’s student walkout in Clovis said they played no role in organizing the protest and saw adult counterprotesters aggressively confront and hurl insults at student protesters.

Feb 13, 2026

Union and district officials agreed to a $183 million deal early Friday, increasing educators salaries and health care benefits in a two-year contract that required compromise from each side and could mean imminent pink slips and additional budget cuts in the upcoming year.

Feb 13, 2026

For almost six years, the school district provided every student with a device, part of a nationwide push to give students equal access to technology during the coronavirus pandemic, which closed schools and initially sent students online for learning.

Feb 13, 2026

In a contentious meeting, the West Contra Costa Unified School District board unanimously approved on Wednesday a sweeping fiscal solvency plan that will cut $42 million from its approximately $500 million budget for the 2026-27 school year.

Feb 12, 2026

The Clovis Police Department announced Wednesday evening it will file misdemeanor charges against adults who attended Tuesday’s Clovis Unified student protest against ICE and President Trump’s deportation agenda.

Feb 12, 2026

Natomas Unified School District teachers voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike if the district does not meet their demands at the bargaining table.

Feb 12, 2026

A majority of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board was against including a reference to federal immigration officers in an expression of local support for law enforcement.

Feb 12, 2026

The Murrieta Valley Unified School District board heard a Tuesday, Feb. 10, presentation from True North Research, a San Diego-based survey research firm, that gauged what voters would think about a possible bond later this year.

Feb 12, 2026

The text messages started flying Friday evening, shortly after the Lowell High School JV baseball team learned that a teachers strike would keep them off their home field.

Feb 12, 2026

With tense negotiations continuing through the third day of the San Francisco teachers strike, district officials announced schools would remain closed Thursday given the uncertainty of when a deal would be reached.

Feb 12, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District is weighing layoffs that could reshape classrooms across the nation’s second-largest school district.

Feb 11, 2026

The Redlands school board on Tuesday night, Feb. 10, discussed policy to give principals the power to pull explicit books off library shelves and require librarians to record who approved a book for the library and why.

Feb 11, 2026

The Temecula school board on Tuesday night, Feb. 10, approved layoff notices for more than 20 employees. Neither Temecula Valley Unified School District administrators nor board members explained the reasons for the tentative cuts, where were approved 5-0.

Feb 11, 2026

Hundreds of students, parents and community members rallied at the San Jose Unified School District district office Tuesday evening to protest the potential closure of up to a third of the district’s elementary schools.

Feb 11, 2026

San Francisco schools will remain closed Wednesday for the third day of a teachers strike as union leaders and district officials inched their way closer to an agreement.

Feb 11, 2026

The San Francisco teachers strike has left a trail of fiscal confusion in its wake as the union and district negotiate terms of the labor contract, a complicated document detailing the compensation and working conditions of nearly 6,000 teachers, counselors, social workers, nurses, paraeducators, security workers and other members.

Feb 11, 2026

With its first-ever teachers strike behind it, West Contra Costa Unified School District is now racing against the clock to come up with a package of budget reductions and austerity measures in order to keep the 25,000-student Bay Area district solvent.

Feb 11, 2026

Elk Grove Unified School District’s new superintendent, David Reilly, has inherited one of the few school districts in California that is still growing.

Feb 10, 2026

Santa Barbara Unified teachers are pushing for longer days at the junior highs to make room for more electives, especially for kids who need extra support.

Feb 10, 2026

The San Luis Coastal school board has approved about $10 million in cuts over the last three years to rectify a structural budget deficit that the district has blamed on multiple factors — chiefly, lost funding due to Diablo Canyon’s depreciation and the lack of state funding for transitional kindergarten.

Feb 10, 2026

“We’ve seen an increase in targeted areas where we know teachers and staff are working incredibly hard,” trustee Emily Uhlhorn said after the presentation. “And we know there is room for improvement in other targeted areas.”

Feb 10, 2026

About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city’s first such walkout in nearly 50 years.

Feb 10, 2026

More than 300 teachers, staffers, students and parents rallied with the United Teachers of Pasadena and local elected leaders in front of City Hall on Saturday, Feb. 7, against the Pasadena Unified School District Board’s proposed cuts to schools.

Feb 10, 2026

Families across San Francisco muddled through the first day of the city’s teacher strike, which led to school closures Monday, with many scrambling to find child care or juggling job schedules while wondering how long the picket lines would last.

Feb 10, 2026

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Board members are considering supporting ICE and other law enforcement agencies on the heels of students walking out of the classroom last week to protest the federal deportation efforts.

Feb 10, 2026

A group of 10 superintendents urged students to end the series of walkouts protesting ICE and President Trump’s deportation crackdown over the weekend as more walkouts are rumored for this week.

Feb 10, 2026

The U.S. Department of Education cannot make $4.9 billion in funding to California contingent on following the Trump administration’s interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 regarding diversity, equity and inclusion, according to an agreement California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday.

Feb 10, 2026

With teachers on strike and a deal still pending, San Francisco school officials announced schools would be closed Tuesday, adding a second day the district’s 48,000 students would not be in class as the two sides battle over raises and health care benefits.

Feb 10, 2026

As a freshman at Antioch High School in Contra Costa County, Cristian Topete remembered feeling overwhelmed by negative emotions while adjusting to high school.

Feb 06, 2026

Students voiced outrage at what they said was the cruel treatment of immigrants, most of whom, they said, came to this country to make a better living, not to harm anyone or purposely commit crimes.

Feb 06, 2026

Students at two Lake Elsinore Unified schools walked out of class Wednesday to protest federal immigration enforcement activities.

Feb 06, 2026

Fresno Unified is off track in achieving its ambitious early literacy and literacy intervention goals, according to the district’s assessment data for the 2024-25 school year.

Feb 06, 2026

Following an emotional goodbye to outgoing Superintendent Lisa Allen, the Sacramento City Unified School District board named longtime district employee Cancy McArn as acting leader of the district.

Feb 06, 2026

With a potential teacher strike set to begin as soon as Monday in San Francisco, parents had mixed reactions to the news that their kids’ classrooms could shutter indefinitely as teachers demand raises, better healthcare coverage and special education support.

Feb 06, 2026

Teachers are poised to walk off the job if they cannot reach a “student-centered agreement” with the Dublin Unified School District in the coming weeks, union officials said.

Feb 06, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a narrower set of changes than the sweeping charter school fraud reforms to prevent fraud sought by some advocates.

Feb 06, 2026

Two months ago, the idea of stripping the State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s job of managing the California Department of Education and handing it to the governor was a recommendation in a university-based research center’s report.

Feb 06, 2026

San Jose Unified School District released a list of up to nine elementary schools that could be closed or consolidated next year in an effort to tackle years of declining student enrollment and budget constraints.

Feb 06, 2026

Lisa Allen, Sacramento City Unified School District superintendent of under three years, announced Thursday in a staff meeting that it is her last day on the job, a district spokesperson confirmed.

Feb 06, 2026

For the first time in nearly 50 years, San Francisco teachers could be on the picket lines instead of in their classrooms, with a strike scheduled to begin Monday.

Feb 05, 2026

A crowd of parents and teachers gathered at a school board meeting in Atascadero on Tuesday night, urging the school board to rethink its decision not to offer teachers a cost-of-living pay raise this year.

Feb 05, 2026

Elk Grove Unified School District board members may soon be getting a raise. Board members may receive a raise of four times their current pay from a maximum of $750 a month to $3,000 a month, based on the size of the district under a new law, according to documents from Tuesday’s board meeting.

Feb 05, 2026

San Francisco teachers appeared on the verge of launching their first strike in almost 50 years unless an 11th-hour deal could be reached after nearly a year of unsuccessful negotiations.

Feb 05, 2026

A child’s ability to use their words, identify several numbers and letters and even count all the way to 10. These are some of the factors that go into the idea of a child’s “readiness” for school.

Feb 04, 2026

Tuolumne County District Attorney Cassandra Jenecke issued a correction Tuesday to language she used in a court filing that was accurately quoted by The Union Democrat in recent reporting about her office’s prosecutions of Sonora Elementary School officials.

Feb 04, 2026

Fresno Unified retirees can again receive in-network coverage through Community Health System after the region’s largest hospital system resolved its network dispute with Aetna.

Feb 04, 2026

Student enrollment has been declining in the McFarland Unified School District, so Superintendent Aaron Resendez was surprised to start this school year with an uptick in students who require special education services.

Feb 04, 2026

California is facing the prospect of massive teacher strikes across the state as conflicts over working conditions, pay and special education staffing reach a boiling point.

Feb 04, 2026

After nearly a year of unsuccessful negotiations, San Francisco teachers are ready to strike, with district officials and labor leaders anticipating educators to be on picket lines instead of in classrooms, potentially as soon as Monday.

Feb 03, 2026

Sonora Elementary School Superintendent Cheryl Griffiths was placed on administrative leave Sunday night, two days after the Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office filed a misdemeanor charge accusing her of failing to report suspected child abuse at the school last year.

Feb 03, 2026

The union announced Monday that more than 95% of the roughly 1,400 teachers it represents voted to authorize the first strike in the district’s history if a contract agreement is not reached soon.

Feb 03, 2026

Judgment has been entered in favor of the Pasadena Unified School District in a discrimination lawsuit filed by parents of children who attended the majority-Latino Roosevelt, Jefferson and Franklin elementary schools, all of which were shuttered by the school board in 2019.

Feb 03, 2026

A group of High Desert and San Bernardino County-based schools has been repeatedly listed on the low kindergarten vaccination rates "watch list."

Feb 03, 2026

As a state deadline draws closer to limit cellphone use at school, K-12 school districts in the Coachella Valley are outlining how those changes could look on their campuses.

Feb 03, 2026

The Arts and Music in Schools Act, the historic arts education mandate that greatly expanded the role of the arts in California classrooms, is receiving a boost in specialized educators to teach arts education in K-12 schools.

Feb 02, 2026

All but one member of the Bakersfield City School District Board of Education voted to increase their own compensation by more than 280% Tuesday, the maximum allowable for a district of that size.

Feb 02, 2026

Stockton Unified School District Trustee Kennetha Stevens voted twice on contracts totaling more than $130,000 for a nonprofit where she serves on the board, prompting questions about potential conflicts of interest.

Feb 02, 2026

San Luis Obispo High School received reports of threat against the campus Thursday night, principal Rollin Dickinson told families in a memo Friday morning.

Feb 02, 2026

After 16 months of talks, San Rafael City Schools and its high school teachers union have a deal.

Feb 02, 2026

Ross Valley School District officials have outlined a three-tier plan for $4.3 million in budget cuts over the next three years.

Feb 02, 2026

The leaders of the Los Angeles Unified teachers union now have the power to call for a strike if they can’t reach a deal over pay, benefits and student support with the district.

Feb 02, 2026

This is the crux Sonoma County’s largest school district has come to this month in its long-developing fiscal crisis, one fueled by years of declining enrollment, rising operational costs and the end of one-time funds that helped so many districts through the pandemic.

Feb 02, 2026

High school and college students — and even some middle schoolers — took to the streets in Oakland, Berkeley, Danville, Castro Valley, Santa Clara and San Mateo, while numerous businesses across the region closed their doors or donated their profits to immigrant groups in solidarity.

Feb 02, 2026

After decades of a $400 monthly stipend, Antioch Unified School District Board of Trustees members voted Wednesday to give themselves a raise of $2,000 a month.

Feb 02, 2026

Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore schools are all grappling with multi-million dollar budget deficits in the 2026-27 school year, with the districts citing declining enrollment and decreased state and federal funding as having created budget holes that will likely lead to difficult decisions.

Feb 02, 2026

A new $25 million grant paid for by criminal fines from the landmark A3 charter school fraud case will benefit San Diego County’s K-12 students, the district attorney announced Friday, nearly four years after the case was resolved.

Feb 02, 2026

H.D. Palmer, a spokesperson for the state’s Department of Finance, said the requirement was not funded because the state has “limited available ongoing resources” as it tries to close a budget shortfall estimated at $2.9 billion.

Feb 02, 2026

More than 5,200 members of the United Educators of San Francisco voted overwhelmingly to authorize the union’s leadership to call a strike as teachers push for more public education funding.

Feb 02, 2026

Members of United Teachers Los Angeles have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leadership to call a strike, ratcheting up pressure as negotiations stall and L.A. Unified warns of likely staff layoffs and future budget deficits.

Feb 02, 2026

Hundreds of students from multiple Fresno Unified high schools walked out of their campuses midday Friday to join the anti-ICE “national shutdown” protest.

Feb 02, 2026

At noon, more than 300 students left their classrooms in a show of solidarity with the Minneapolis community.

Jan 30, 2026

Since Tuesday, Jan. 27, student-led walkouts to rally against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity were reported in cities including Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana and Ontario.

Jan 30, 2026

San Diego teachers plan to strike next month for the first time in 30 years, after butting heads with the school district about special education staffing and services.

Jan 30, 2026

When a Sacramento City Unified School District financial officer first alerted the board of a major budget deficit in the fall, she used a dramatic graphic of a tsunami wave crashing over a city to symbolize the gravity of the situation.

Jan 30, 2026

During an EdSource roundtable on Thursday, educational leaders and policy experts discussed how President Donald Trump’s second administration is putting pressure on California schools and students, creating challenges for students, educators, administrators and leaders.

Jan 30, 2026

Last month, the nonprofit research organization PACE (Policy Analysis for California Education) released a report on school governance that recommended transferring the California Department of Education’s operations from the state superintendent to the governor and the State Board of Education, whose members are appointed by the governor.

Jan 29, 2026

The Bakersfield City School District has a new superintendent after its board voted this week to install the man it appointed to the job on an interim basis in July.

Jan 29, 2026

t was a packed house at the Paso Robles school board meeting Tuesday night, where a crowd of red-clad teachers filed into the room to protest a proposed wage adjustment they say doesn’t align with the rising cost of living.

Jan 29, 2026

Voters in the Lagunitas School District overwhelmingly supported a parcel tax renewal in a special election Tuesday.

Jan 29, 2026

Lodi Unified School District is one of several educational agencies leading the way to provide students healthier lunch options.

Jan 29, 2026

An independent inspection found mold in a few shared spaces used by Desert Mirage High School and neighboring Toro Canyon Middle School, according to an environmental report released by Coachella Valley Unified School District.

Jan 29, 2026

Natalie Chavez, who was elected in November 2024, submitted her resignation Jan. 23 due to moving out of California, board President Yesenia Carrillo announced on Tuesday’s board meeting.

Jan 29, 2026

Sacramento high school students are planning a district-wide walkout Friday morning, joining a nationwide student effort to protest immigration enforcement following fatal shootings in Minneapolis.

Jan 29, 2026

San Diego Unified staff may get more than 2,388 housing units on school sites following decisions made at two meetings this week. San Diego Unified staff may get more than 2,388 housing units on school sites following decisions made at two meetings this week.

Jan 29, 2026

Hundreds of students across the Bay Area walked out of their classes Wednesday to protest the recent killings of two people in Minneapolis by federal agents and President Donald Trump’s nationwide immigration crackdown.

Jan 29, 2026

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that a California policy allowing school districts to withhold information from parents about their child’s gender identity violates federal law.

Jan 29, 2026

The Twin Rivers Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to revoke the charter of Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools, which became the poster child for charter school reform last year after a state audit found it had misspent over $180 million.

Jan 28, 2026

The Santa Barbara Unified School District board of trustees will consider whether to add an extra period to schedules at its junior high schools, a move sought by the teachers union, at its Feb. 10 meeting.

Jan 28, 2026

Amid declining enrollment, a Southern Humboldt charter school is slated for closure mid-school year. Officials have pointed to the crash of the cannabis industry as the cause of shrinking enrollments in the region.

Jan 28, 2026

Moments after Twin Rivers Unified School District board voted to revoke both of Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools’ charters Tuesday night, Executive Director Jonathan Raymond slipped out the door to a nearby conference room to address around 100 students and alumni of the school.

Jan 28, 2026

Gustine Unified School District Superintendent Bryan Ballenger and Gustine High School Principal Adam Cano both wrote letters of recommendation for Brian Chubon that were submitted to Modesto City Schools when he applied to be vice principal of Mark Twain Junior High School in 2022.

Jan 28, 2026

A cacophony of community members cheering, cars honking, drums beating, and dogs barking, with Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” playing in the background, welcomed Palisades Charter High School students back to their home campus Tuesday morning.

Jan 28, 2026

The state of California is auditing 428 of its public schools because more than 10% of their kindergartners or seventh grade students were not fully vaccinated last school year. An additional 80 schools did not report their vaccination information to the state.

Jan 27, 2026

Palisades Charter High School is reopening Tuesday a little more than a year after fire tore through campus and the surrounding community.

Jan 27, 2026

Los Gatos High School officials announced noticeable improvements following the launch of their e-bike program.

Jan 27, 2026

About 100 Santa Rosa City Schools employees could be laid off at the end of the school year, according to a newly released fiscal plan from Sonoma County’s largest district.

Jan 27, 2026

Sacramento City Unified could run out of cash as soon as this summer. One board member is turning to parents and the community for help.

Jan 27, 2026

Reilly, whose tenure as Elk Grove Unified School District’s superintendent began Jan. 1, worked as an associate superintendent in the district for 10 years before his promotion to superintendent.

Jan 27, 2026

Fresno Unified denied allegations made by some retirees in a complaint letter and said that the 2023 health insurance changes do not constitute a loss of benefits or a breach of the collective bargaining agreement.

Jan 27, 2026

Former Roosevelt Junior High School Principal Brian Chubon, convicted of crimes against a minor, remains a credentialed teacher and principal in California as of Jan. 26.

Jan 26, 2026

The Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees held a first reading on trustee-proposed revisions to its bylaws governing committee appointments, prompting confusion among board members and leading one trustee to ask to be removed from all committee assignments.

Jan 26, 2026

Voters in the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District could be asked to approve a $44 million bond measure to improve and maintain school facilities in the June 2 election.

Jan 26, 2026

California has taken steps the past few years to protect transgender young people on the playing field, in the classroom and in the doctor’s office. But a handful of federal court cases and new policies could threaten those protections.

Jan 26, 2026

Newark Memorial’s coaching community is in flux after coaches for all of the high school’s sports teams were told that they would be let go by the end of the school year.

Jan 26, 2026

Former interim Superintendent Judy White had indicated in November, just before her departure from the district, that the audit would be released publicly after witness names were redacted. Now, however, Rialto Unified has reversed its position, citing attorney-client privileged communications and work product.

Jan 26, 2026

The Anaheim Unified High School District board recently agreed to solicit redevelopment proposals for the Hope School site.

Jan 26, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District released a litany of test results for the fire-damaged Palisades Charter High School ahead of the planned return of students next week, showing the district’s remediation efforts have removed much of the post-fire contamination.

Jan 26, 2026

A former principal with Modesto City Schools was promoted after he’d already been charged for sexual acts with an underage student in Merced County.

Jan 26, 2026

The Board of Trustees voted, 6-1, to increase their monthly stipend from $2,111 to $4,500, or $54,000 annually, starting Feb. 1.

Jan 26, 2026

Some Fresno Unified retirees sent a complaint letter to the school district demanding an immediate resolution to their health insurance disruption, which has prevented retirees from continuing to receive services from Community Health System.

Jan 23, 2026

The Yuba City Unified School District settled with the state after a Black student alleged “severe” racial harassment at two of its elementary schools.

Jan 23, 2026

Brea Olinda Unified School District Trustee Christopher Becerra missed a second consecutive school board meeting Thursday night, Jan. 22, following his arrest in December.

Jan 23, 2026

East Side Union High School District’s board of education will vote on whether to layoff dozens of staff dedicated to protecting students’ mental health, wellbeing and safety Thursday night.

Jan 23, 2026

Oakland Unified School District’s projected $100 million budget deficit for the next school year could be halved to around $50 million, school leaders revealed this week while warning that significant changes must still be made.

Jan 23, 2026

East Side Union High School District’s board of education will vote on whether to layoff dozens of staff dedicated to protecting students’ mental health, wellbeing and safety Thursday night.

Jan 23, 2026

The union for a South County school district announced late Wednesday that teachers had authorized a strike. The strike vote comes after 20 months of negotiations, according to the union, which have resulted in an impasse with the South Bay Union School District.

Jan 23, 2026

Los Angeles school officials warned this week of impending staff reductions — including likely layoffs — as they grapple with steadily falling enrollment and a three-year budget projection that ends with a deficit.

Jan 23, 2026

A lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District for allegedly discriminating against white students could move forward in the current political climate even though the argument lacks teeth, experts say.

Jan 23, 2026

The West Contra Costa Unified School District board narrowly approved tentative labor agreements hammered out at the bargaining table late last year with its teachers and other employees, but without a clear plan for how to pay for them.

Increasingly organized groups of parents advocating for an immediate return to class are emerging as a potent political counterweight to teachers unions.

The teachers union in Sacramento City Unified School District released its framework for reopening for in-person learning on Tuesday, and the plan prioritizes offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all of its 4,500 district employees.

Experts have found that remote instruction falls far short of classroom learning. But surveys have shown that a majority of Black and Latino parents in Los Angeles are still hesitant about sending their children back into schools.

Some teachers are reluctant to return to classroom settings as Orange County students resume at least some in-person learning. So substitute teachers might be in demand more than ever before.

Santa Clara County schools have the green light starting Wednesday to usher in a phased return to real face-to-face lessons. But the vast majority are opting instead to stay the course through the rest of the semester.

At Lucerne Valley Elementary in Southern California’s high desert, hundreds of students have returned to in-person learning and a dramatically different school day.

Pleasanton is the latest city to take a hard look at the role of police in the community and schools — and how to respond to mental health calls. The city agreed to revise its police use of force policies and possibly remove school resource officers.

Rescue Union School District, home to 3,700 students at its five elementary schools and two middle schools, is able to open since the county has remained off of the state’s monitoring list and complied with the long list of requirements to reopen.

Masks will be required at every level. In elementary schools, half of students will end their day at lunchtime, before the other half arrives. Middle and high school kids will trade off and spend two days a week on campus.

At the June 23 Oceanside Unified School Board meeting, Trustee Mike Blessing asked staff to present an option for “100 percent return” in the fall, District Communications Director Matthew Jennings said.