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Mar 27, 2026

San Luis Obispo schools and public agencies could see a major chunk of funding restored — that is, if a newly introduced bill passes the California Legislature.

Mar 27, 2026

A group of Marin County parents has won a partial victory in its campaign to preserve an outdoor education program.

Mar 27, 2026

In what prosecutors call one of the largest money-laundering schemes in Los Angeles Unified School District history, a former schools information-technology employee and a tech vendor are facing felony charges in connection with an alleged scheme that channeled more than $22 million in contracts to the vendor, officials announced on Thursday, March 26.

Mar 27, 2026

The town hall is the first of two planned as part of the monthslong process ongoing to determine whether the district will close any schools.

Mar 27, 2026

The district’s board of trustees voted unanimously March 25 to start the process of picking a new name for the school, which is a pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade campus in Oxnard’s La Colonia neighborhood.

Mar 27, 2026

Before the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education voted to approve an agreement with a consulting firm to help with its $108 million deficit, a firm representative offered a glimpse of how it might be able to help.

Mar 27, 2026

“I broke all law for you already lol,” an L.A. Unified employee allegedly texted to a co-conspirator amid what prosecutors say is the largest money-laundering scheme in the school district’s history.

Mar 27, 2026

San Jose Unified School District will shutter five elementary schools and relocate another by the end of the school year in an effort to address widespread declining enrollment, the district’s board of education determined Thursday.

Mar 27, 2026

California law requires public schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ people. Teachers say that's only getting harder under Trump.

Mar 26, 2026

Less than a week after allegations of sexual abuse by late labor leader César Chávez were published in The New York Times, a local school board decided to rename the Delano high school that has carried his name since 2002.

Mar 26, 2026

A woman who once was tasked with directing the El Monte Union High School District’s risk management program is now herself suing the district, alleging that her 2025 termination by the Board of Education was part of a backlash that occurred in part because she spoke out about staffers sexually abusing students.

Mar 26, 2026

The Upland school board has approved potential moves to save the district more than $2 million as it looks to ultimately cut over $4 million from the 2026-27 budget.

Mar 26, 2026

Last week fog crept over the Tijuana Estuary in Imperial Beach, oozing a pungent rotten-egg smell, as hydrogen sulfide bubbled up from the polluted Tijuana River.

Mar 26, 2026

The Santa Ana Unified School District will rename Cesar Chavez High School following the recent emergence of allegations that the late labor leader sexually assaulted female members of the farmworkers movement, including two teenagers, which has prompted community concern and calls for changes.

Mar 26, 2026

San Diego Unified School District is starting the process to rename Cesar Chavez Elementary following allegations that the late labor leader sexually abused young girls decades ago.

Mar 26, 2026

Families in the San Jose Unified School District filed a legal complaint against the district over its proposed closure of five elementary schools, arguing the closures would disproportionately impact minority and low-income students.

Mar 26, 2026

Summer break will start a week later this year for San Francisco students, possibly delaying family vacations or other plans as officials try to make up for school days lost during last month’s teachers strike.

Mar 26, 2026

As federal oversight of special education shrinks, California lawmakers are proposing to organize parents and students with disabilities and strengthen their voices at the state level, arguing that without them, no meaningful reform will take place.

Mar 25, 2026

A Pasadena Unified School District survey about potential school consolidation revealed mix feelings among the community about whether closing or combining schools would be beneficial to the district facing a financial crisis fueled in part by declining enrollment.

Mar 25, 2026

Los Angeles schools named after César Chávez will be renamed and his image will be removed from campus murals, the school board unanimously decided Tuesday.

Mar 25, 2026

Embarking on a treasure hunt for the art and artifacts held by the Los Angeles Unified School District is no small feat. The nation’s second-largest school district is home to 389,000 students and roughly 100,000 pieces of art, including paintings, sculptures, maps and murals.

Mar 24, 2026

Critics are mounting a campaign to stop school trustees from cutting back a popular outdoor learning program at Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo.

Mar 24, 2026

The board unanimously OK’d Blackmore for the job on March 19, in which he will succeed Elizabeth Eminhizer, who the board fired on July 7 last year.

Mar 24, 2026

Members of the Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee (SCAC) Monday, March 23, opted not to narrow the list of schools under consideration for closure.

Mar 24, 2026

Twin Rivers Unified School District teachers returned to their classrooms Monday, ending the union’s first-ever strike, a 12-day walkout motivated by what teachers described as untenable health care costs and unmanageable class sizes.

Mar 24, 2026

Despite one lawmaker’s assertion that it could boost funding for 90% of districts in the state, California appears to have pivoted away from an effort to fundamentally change the way it funds schools, after a report found the shift could have unexpected consequences.

Mar 24, 2026

State data shows the California school administrators are more racially diverse, more likely to be female and more likely to have less experience than administrators had several years ago, according to a recent study by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools.

Mar 24, 2026

California education officials have released an audit into a local school district and its ties to a private boarding school in China, finding “sufficient evidence” of “fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices.”

Mar 24, 2026

Officials are moving Tuesday to strip the name of César Chávez from two Los Angeles school district campuses as fallout continues over allegations against the late labor leader of rape and sexual misconduct with minors.

Mar 23, 2026

A new art education building has been added to plans for Mill Valley Middle School.

Mar 23, 2026

The former president of a parent-teacher association at a San Rafael school was arrested on allegations he stole approximately $7,000 from the organization.

Mar 23, 2026

The California Attorney General’s Office announced Friday, March 20, that it had entered into a proposed settlement meant to correct the El Monte Union High School District’s “systematic failings” with student complaints of sexual harassment, sexual assault and abuse by district employees over seven years.

Mar 23, 2026

Natomas Unified School District teachers returned to class Friday after reaching a labor agreement late Wednesday night.

Mar 23, 2026

Twin Rivers Unified School District officials said Sunday they reached a tentative agreement with the teachers union, ending a 12-day strike and clearing the way for students to return to class Monday.

Mar 23, 2026

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria ordered staff Friday to begin removing Cesar Chavez’s name from city assets, and San Diego Unified School District will consider renaming Cesar Chavez Elementary School, days after the late labor leader was accused of sexual abuse decades ago.

Mar 23, 2026

Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars and school systems to urgently revamp lessons about one of California’s most widely taught historic figures.

Mar 23, 2026

Multiple students and staff members experienced skin irritation and rashes after a herbicide was used at an elementary school in Stanislaus County last week.

Mar 23, 2026

San Francisco school officials have released a long-awaited plan on how they will reintroduce Algebra 1 in eighth grade, saying it will be available as an elective while proficient students can choose to skip over the regular pre-algebra math class.

Mar 23, 2026

A Southern California school district agreed to sweeping reforms Friday in settling a state attorney general investigation into how it handled allegations staff sexually abused students.

Mar 20, 2026

A charter school that started enrolling transitional kindergartners through eighth-graders upon its opening about 18 months ago in downtown Bakersfield is looking more and more like a college-prep academy.

Mar 20, 2026

A day after two of Los Angeles Unified’s largest unions announced plans to strike next month if no agreement is reached, district officials said Thursday they are working “around the clock” to avoid a work stoppage, while defending their latest contract offers as fair and financially sustainable.

Mar 20, 2026

Strikes are continuing at Twin Rivers Unified, which have entered their third week. The Natomas Teachers Association announced Wednesday night it had reached a tentative agreement with the district, and teachers would return to the classroom today.

Mar 20, 2026

California school districts with schools that bear Cesar Chavez’s name are grappling with whether to rename their campuses following sexual abuse allegations against the late labor leader.

Mar 20, 2026

More than a thousand teachers and parents rallied at the Twin Rivers Unified School District office Thursday morning as the teacher strike reached its 11th consecutive day.

Mar 20, 2026

A scathing audit has found that the Val Verde Unified School District in Perris, along with former top state education officials, may have engaged in corrupt practices and illegal activity tied to a private boarding school in China that serves as a student pipeline to top American universities.

Mar 20, 2026

Across California, school districts have announced mass layoffs in the hundreds and even thousands. While school districts in Stanislaus County have issued notices of anticipated layoffs, none have exceeded 30, and only one has been in the double digits.

Mar 19, 2026

The Santa Barbara Unified School District bought it eight years ago, but planning for the site stalled — until now.

Mar 19, 2026

Thousands of Los Angeles Unified teachers, staff and administrators rallied Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles as union leaders moved towards a strike, escalating pressure on the district after nearly a year of contract negotiations.

Mar 19, 2026

Teachers in Natomas reached a deal with their district late Wednesday night, putting an end to a strike that left 16,000 Sacramento kids without classroom teachers for seven consecutive school days.

Mar 19, 2026

Dozens of Bay Area school districts have announced layoffs, budget cuts or school closures this year to repair gaping budget deficits ranging from $6 million to over $100 million.

Mar 19, 2026

For seven years, Veronica Sanchez, her mother and her five school-aged children lived in hotel rooms across Fresno. They had a place to sleep. But it wasn’t ideal.

Mar 19, 2026

Manteca Unified is escaping the rapidly spreading backlash involving alleged sexual abuse crimes by the late farm workers rights icon Cesar Chavez. MUSD has no organized districtwide event celebrating Chavez. A number of the state’s school districts aren’t as lucky.

Mar 19, 2026

As teachers unions from two Sacramento-area school districts continued to strike on Tuesday, a third district’s teachers association is one step closer to joining the picket lines.

Mar 19, 2026

Los Angeles Unified’s two largest labor groups — the teachers union and service employees — announced Wednesday they will join forces and both go on strike April 14 if no contract deal is reached before then, actions that would effectively shut down schools in less than a month.

Mar 18, 2026

Eric Prater, the longtime leader of San Luis Obispo schools, will retire at the end of next school year.

Mar 18, 2026

A new team to help Novato Unified School District with its education workforce housing plans has made its first public appearance.

Mar 18, 2026

An event in Fresno to honor César Chávez has been cancelled after the emergence of “troubling allegations” against the late labor leader. The San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday morning that Chávez allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with women and at least one minor.

Mar 18, 2026

Advocates and experts cite many factors behind a persistent student achievement gap: poverty, chronic absences and health challenges, poor instruction, a lack of teacher preparation, inadequate funding, bureaucratic intransigence and entrenched interests.

Mar 18, 2026

With contract negotiations at a standstill, leaders of the Los Angeles teachers union are widely expected on Wednesday to announce the date of a strike that, if carried out, would interrupt the education of about 390,000 students.

Mar 17, 2026

Shasta County gave back to the state more than $6.2 million earmarked for schools in 2026, after the California State Controller’s Office said it made a clerical error in January.

Mar 17, 2026

Monday afternoon, campuses throughout Eureka and neighboring communities were put on lockdown.

Mar 17, 2026

The district’s board of trustees recently approved nearly 60 potential layoff notices as it looks to reduce expenses to balance the budget after years of deficit spending.

Mar 17, 2026

Clovis Unified School District did not see a significant increase in absences last month due to a student walkout, data shows.

Mar 17, 2026

The California Department of Education has sued the Oakland Unified School District over an alleged failure to address multiple complaints of antisemitism across its campuses.

Mar 17, 2026

Thousands of California students remain classified as English learners even after they reach proficiency in English, according to new research.

Mar 17, 2026

Thousands of California school employees have received preliminary pink slips in recent weeks as districts scrabble to close budget gaps caused by falling enrollment and rising costs.

Mar 16, 2026

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District is collaborating with Cabrillo College, University of California Santa Cruz and Cal State Monterey Bay and regional industry leaders to help pave the way for students into jobs in health or engineering.

Mar 16, 2026

The Tamalpais Union High School District is facing community pushback over plans to curtail a two-year outdoor learning program because of budget constraints.

Mar 16, 2026

Despite risky poll results, the Tamalpais Union High School District is moving ahead with preparations for a parcel tax renewal measure in the Nov. 3 election.

Mar 16, 2026

Fashion is more than pretty colors and shapes — it’s a trade that, with the right skills, can open doors to lucrative careers, Roosevelt High fashion design students told the Fresno Unified school board.

Mar 16, 2026

The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday approved policy changes that comply with the state’s ban on immigration enforcement on school grounds.

Mar 16, 2026

Teachers in Dublin said late Thursday that they had reached a tentative agreement with Dublin Unified School District negotiators to end a four-day strike, with classes expected to resume Monday.

Mar 16, 2026

In an old auto shop classroom in Hollywood High School, Mawuena Akorli zips across the room with a tripod-mounted camera in one hand and a penciled directive in the other: more black goo.

Mar 13, 2026

The Paso Robles school board voted to cut some teaching, counseling and paraeducator positions from its budget at a school board meeting Tuesday night, as an effort to rectify its $3.9 million budget deficit.

Mar 13, 2026

Mill Valley Middle School has placed a world languages teacher on leave during an investigation of social media posts, according to administrators.

Mar 13, 2026

The Pasadena Unified School District’s consolidation advisory committee on Monday, March 9, voted to remove several schools from the list being considered for closure or consolidation, marking the latest step in the district’s effort to calibrate its physical space in an era of declining enrollment and dollars.

Mar 13, 2026

Not all the 270 Fresno Unified employees who received layoff notices will end up being terminated. Instead, many imperiled workers could be “bumped,” or opt to take different roles positions with lower pay, to cut costs, district officials said.

Mar 13, 2026

Mill Valley Middle School has placed a world languages teacher on leave during an investigation of social media posts, according to administrators.

Mar 13, 2026

The top California education official renewed his call to return a deaf 6-year-old who was deported with his mother and younger brother to Colombia.

Mar 12, 2026

The national political climate may be polarized and combative, but California is taking steps to ensure K-12 students learn to have respectful debates, get involved in their communities and understand their rights.

Mar 12, 2026

Teachers at nine schools in Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk and parts of Downey voted to strike if a third, and final, option to resolve differences with their school board fails.

Mar 12, 2026

Parents, students and community members demanded Visalia Unified officials conduct an audit of the school district’s handling of the Feb. 12 viral incident in which Redwood High students took a photo on campus spelling out a homophobic slur.

Mar 12, 2026

Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District will pay nearly $1 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging a female student suffered head injuries and emotional trauma after repeated bullying and assaults at a west Roseville school.

Mar 12, 2026

After debate and protest, a special committee recommended San Jose Unified School District close five elementary campuses before the next school year. The recommendation comes as the district has said it needs to close campuses and consolidate schools in response to a 20% decline in enrollment since 2017.

Mar 12, 2026

It seemed to be a regular day at Reseda Charter High School. For Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, that meant trouble. The 12-year-old was on campus on Feb. 17 when she saw her older sister, Sharon, being bullied by a group of students, her family says. It wasn’t the first time.

Mar 11, 2026

According to a Tuesday news release, SLO County Office of Education executive Michael Specchierla will not run for the top SLO County education office in November.

Mar 11, 2026

While teacher morale in California is higher than the national average, nearly half of the Golden State's teachers plan to retire in the next 10 years, the highest rate of any state in the nation, a recent survey from Education Week found.

Mar 11, 2026

Fresno Unified may add more positions to its job reduction plan after the district’s governing board approved sending layoff notices to 274 employees last month.

Mar 11, 2026

Teachers from Natomas Unified School District went on strike Tuesday, becoming the second group of Sacramento-area teachers in a week to take to picket lines.

Mar 11, 2026

Students, staff and visitors at Southwest High School in Nestor may have been exposed to tuberculosis last fall, the county warned late Monday.

Mar 11, 2026

The striking Dublin Teachers Association and the Dublin Unified School District held a bargaining session Tuesday but did not reach a resolution, according to the district.

Mar 11, 2026

The Modesto City Schools Board of Education on Monday night authorized layoffs, anticipating that at least 21 people will receive notices ahead of the March 15 deadline for layoff notification.

Mar 11, 2026

Scoffing at the high-profile FBI investigation that spurred the Los Angeles Unified School District board to put him on paid leave on Feb. 27, Alberto Carvalho denied any wrongdoing Tuesday in a statement released by his attorneys.

Mar 11, 2026

As part of a lawsuit led by a student at Coachella Valley High School, lawyers are asking a judge to freeze billions of dollars in school modernization funds until California fixes a system that the plaintiffs say provides less money to school districts that serve low-income residents.

Mar 11, 2026

The national political climate may be polarized and combative, but California is taking steps to ensure K-12 students learn to have respectful debates, get involved in their communities and understand their rights.

Mar 11, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District has approved a resolution at its Tuesday board meeting to avoid contracting with vendors that support federal immigration actions.

Mar 11, 2026

With the legislative clock ticking, California lawmakers are working on possible solutions to curb payouts from childhood sexual abuse lawsuits that local officials say are crippling schools and other public agencies.

Mar 10, 2026

The football fields at San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay high schools are getting major upgrades thanks to a new project that leaders say will reduce maintenance demands and expand community field use opportunities.

Mar 10, 2026

After years of struggles with crumbling school buildings, Mountain Empire Unified School District just secured $2.2 million in state money to begin design work to modernize its elementary schools.

Mar 10, 2026

Hundreds of teachers formed picket lines Monday as they began a strike to protest proposed budget cuts and layoffs by Dublin Unified School District.

Mar 10, 2026

Dublin educators took to the picket lines Monday, the East Bay district joining a growing list of California districts to see contract talks dissolve into a teachers strike in recent months, a trend that has parents and politicians on edge up and down the state.

Mar 10, 2026

When Mike Lawrence joined ABC Unified School District as director of information and technology two years ago, he inherited a set of guidelines on the district’s approach to artificial intelligence tools.

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.

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.