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Apr 24, 2026
But the new, positive budget certification that came in the wake of the latest round of deep job cuts, sweeping program changes and loss of key student support services was met with a show of force and sharp criticism from the district’s teachers and other unionized school staff.
Apr 24, 2026
A federal judge has ordered two former Patterson school district officials to repay a combined $750,000 following their convictions in a $1.5 million embezzlement scheme, according to court records filed this week.
Apr 24, 2026
The policy adheres to state legislation, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024, requiring districts to ban or limit smartphone use on campus during school hours. The Phone-Free School Act mandates that school districts, charter schools and county education offices develop a policy by July 1.
Apr 24, 2026
The top candidates vying to be California’s next superintendent of public instruction took the stage for two virtual forums this week, detailing how they would handle achievement gaps, artificial intelligence concerns, LGBTQ+ protections and more.
Apr 24, 2026
While Muratsuchi wanted a bell-to-bell ban for students from kindergarten through high school, arguing that kids’ focus will slip if they’re allowed to whip out phones between classes or during lunch, he “reluctantly” agreed during the hearing to exempt high schools from the ban.
Apr 24, 2026
Wednesday evening’s board discussion came weeks before the board is expected to vote again whether to take a public stance on SEDA, a 9,000-acre mega-development project in southeast Fresno that district officials fear could worsen Fresno Unified’s declining enrollment.
Apr 24, 2026
Sacramento City Unified School District’s former top financial officer alleges that the board of trustees knowingly made financial decisions that worsened the financial crisis, according to documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee.
Apr 24, 2026
When asked how the district would prepare for maintenance, Ralston said the district already spends approximately $25,000 per year districtwide to maintain and test its existing artificial turf fields, and that the cost of adding Crocker/Riverside to that contract would be “minimal.”
Apr 24, 2026
A special board meeting Thursday night marked the first official discussion about the future of the district’s schools. The conversation is complicated but necessary as the district faces a budget crisis that projects a $390 million deficit by the end of the 2027-28 school year.
Apr 24, 2026
More than half the nation’s public preschool enrollment gain — some 25,000 students — came in California, which this year made every 4-year-old eligible for its “transitional kindergarten” program, or “TK.”
Apr 24, 2026
Santa Rosa City Schools, a former instructional aide at its continuation campus and his estranged spouse, who is a principal at a different high school, are named in a negligence lawsuit filed by a 20-year-old woman whom the aide sexually touched while assisting her in a program for adults with disabilities.
Apr 23, 2026
Antonio-Leon was arrested without incident and transported to the Northern Branch Jail, where he was booked on felony possession of a firearm on school grounds, according to the release.
Apr 23, 2026
A lawsuit filed last week on behalf of a student at Del Oro High accuses the school’s district, principal and music teacher of failing to protect her from a band coach who faces criminal charges of having sex with her when she was just 15 years old.
Apr 23, 2026
The Napa Valley Unified School District board voted to censure Trustee Julianna Villegas Hart on Wednesday, April 22, for alleged violations of board policies and norms in recent months.
Apr 23, 2026
An East Bay Jewish teenager sued her principal, two former teachers and her school district this week, alleging “pervasive and unrelenting” antisemitic harassment and discrimination over two years leading to panic attacks and a precipitous drop in her GPA.
Apr 23, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District board this week approved a six-figure salary for Acting Superintendent Andres Chait while Superintendent Alberto Carvalho remains on paid leave.
Apr 23, 2026
Voters are set to decide on two Oakley Union Elementary School District bond measures totaling $123 million that are intended to repair and upgrade schools, and enhance student safety.
Apr 23, 2026
An early education teacher in California’s Central Valley may soon be forced out of the classroom as delays in renewing her immigration status and work authorization stretch far beyond the usual timeline. Her renewal is still “processing.”
Apr 22, 2026
The Napa Valley Unified School District board is scheduled to consider censuring Trustee Julianna Villegas Hart at a special meeting Wednesday night, April 22, for allegedly violating board policies and governance norms over the past few months.
Apr 22, 2026
Striking Little Lake City School District teachers on Tuesday continued their push to overhaul the district’s school board, mailing notices of intent to recall all five trustees, a day after contract negotiations ended with no progress.
Apr 22, 2026
The rescinded layoffs come a month after the board 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.
Apr 22, 2026
To help mitigate a growing budget deficit, Fresno Unified is considering making cuts to its number of mental health specialists, which saw significant growth following the pandemic.
Apr 22, 2026
In 2016, more than 41,000 kids attended one of the 71 sites in Sacramento City Unified School District. Today that enrollment number has dwindled to around 36,000. Despite hemorrhaging 10% of its students in under a decade, the district still operates the same number of schools.
Apr 22, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District unanimously voted to curb classroom screen time, directing staff to develop a policy by June ahead of the upcoming school year.
Apr 22, 2026
LAUSD is seeking to double its infant care centers and expand early education programs for toddlers, a plan that aims to push the district deeper into the child-care industry, provide affordable day care and eventually bolster dwindling district enrollment.
Apr 21, 2026
The Fairfax School District agreed Monday to pay $5 million to an anonymous victim of sexual abuse by a teacher more than a decade ago.
Apr 21, 2026
The Petaluma City Schools Board of Education has approved a resolution directing all district campuses to fly the pride flag throughout the school year.
Apr 21, 2026
Fresno Unified’s projected budget deficit for the upcoming school year has grown to $88 million, the district said, a 49 percent increase from just February.
Apr 21, 2026
The Palo Verde school board will consider censuring one of its members at the Tuesday, April 21, meeting, after he reportedly spoke with with Riverside County District Attorney’s office investigators.
Apr 21, 2026
Student classroom screen time would be cut way back under a proposal expected to win approval Tuesday from the Los Angeles Board of Education, a remarkable reversal of years-long initiatives to equip students with computers and internet access — and a move that comes amid growing parental pushback on devices.
Apr 21, 2026
In a report released this week, Auditors with Crowe LLP, an accounting and consulting firm, said unsustainable expenses, declining enrollment and leadership turnover have created “substantial doubt” that the district will be able to pay its bills and stay afloat in the near future.
Apr 21, 2026
Over the past year, at the Stanislaus County education office in Modesto, about a dozen parents have met monthly for two-hour sessions to learn computer skills.
Apr 20, 2026
Citing faulty materials and well before the expiration of a 10-year warranty, Santa Rosa City Schools officials have OK’d the removal and replacement of synthetic turf athletic fields at all five of their junior senior high school campuses.
Apr 20, 2026
The Sonoma County Office of Education has signed off on Santa Rosa City School’s positive budget certification, signaling it thinks the district may be on its way to fiscal solvency.
Apr 20, 2026
Jennifer Moe, who serves as a school board member for the Shandon Joint Unified School District, is accused of stealing property from Target on Dec. 20 of last year, according to a court complaint filed in January.
Apr 20, 2026
When the heads of three Los Angeles Unified School District unions stood side by side at City Hall to announce their new contracts after nearly going on strike hours earlier, one of them looked out of place.
Apr 20, 2026
For the third straight year, environmental activists and California lawmakers are locked in a tug-of-war over a pool of state funds created to upgrade heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in schools to curb disruptions and closures attributed to extreme weather.
Apr 20, 2026
School closures are an incendiary issue in nearly every corner of California, as enrollment declines and expenses climb. The topic has sparked parent revolts, teacher strikes and school boards’ desperate attempts to keep districts financially afloat.
Apr 20, 2026
The latest student enrollment figures have sent a shock wave through California’s education system. True, the downward trend of enrollment in the state’s transitional kindergarten to 12th grade is no longer a surprise.
Apr 17, 2026
The bipartisan bill, AB 1644, introduced this week, would require all TK-12 public schools and charter schools to adopt “bell-to-bell” policies prohibiting student smartphone use from the first bell in the morning until the final bell at the end of the day.
Apr 17, 2026
Fresno Unified — the state’s third-largest school district — saw a drop in student enrollment of nearly 1,000 ahead of the 2025-26 school year, according to data released from the California Department of Education on Thursday.
Apr 17, 2026
The Roseville Joint Union High School District is considering changes to school attendance boundaries as enrollment growth in west Roseville continued to strain campuses.
Apr 17, 2026
Four candidates for California’s top education job spoke in San Diego on Thursday afternoon about issues like curriculum, accountability and career technical education in a friendly forum where they built on each other’s comments more than they disagreed.
Apr 17, 2026
Temecula school board member Emil Barham was censured Thursday night, April 16, after being accused by fellow trustee Melinda Anderson of “intimidation and unprofessional behavior.”
Apr 17, 2026
San Francisco’s public school kids should finally recognize the world depicted in their social studies classes next fall after the district’s first curriculum update since 2006 — when iPods dominated the music market, only birds tweeted and same-sex couples couldn’t marry in California.
Apr 17, 2026
Hundreds of teachers in southeast Los Angeles County went on strike Thursday in the Little Lake City School District, marking the first teacher work stoppage in the district’s 150-year history.
Apr 17, 2026
After a recent morning rush at a Fresno Grocery Outlet, 22-year-old Elena Santos moved down each aisle to return misplaced food items to their proper places. She brought vitamins to the front of the shelves and neatly arranged hygiene products.
Apr 17, 2026
Enrollment in California K-12 schools, and in schools across the country, is declining rapidly as birth rates drop and immigration rates fall. This school year, California had the largest decline in enrollment rates since 2021-22, after schools returned from the pandemic.
Apr 16, 2026
In a pair of consequential moves last week aimed at restoring stability, the Sonora Elementary School District appointed three new board members and approved an agreement to share a superintendent with Columbia Union School District.
Apr 16, 2026
The teachers’ association has argued all along that such concessions are feasible if the district reallocates its funding priorities, but district officials say they are motivated by sound fiscal management that will help keep the district afloat.
Apr 16, 2026
The NuKase cases, which will cost $104,000 in the first year and between nothing and $10,000 in subsequent years, are cheaper than the previously considered Yondr pouches, which would cost $145,000 the first year and $30,000 in subsequent years, Goode said.
Apr 16, 2026
After taking a break from social media, Orange County student Elise Choi helped write a bill that would mandate California schools teach digital wellness — a response to growing concerns about how technology is affecting students’ mental health.
Apr 16, 2026
In the wake of a fatal on-campus shooting, leaders of the Natomas Unified School District are asking the city of Sacramento to again provide school resource officers.
Apr 16, 2026
An East County elementary school board has voted to split up the district into smaller voting entities for the purpose of passing bonds — but ultimately declined to put the actual bonds on the ballot.
Apr 15, 2026
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, April 14 said the shooting was an act of self-defense during an attempted robbery. The DA’s office said two people who were not students at Natomas High went onto campus looking for a specific student.
Apr 15, 2026
“If we have less students attending, then we have less funds to support our schools, which has implications for staffing stability and program offerings and long-term stability and, unfortunately, our declining enrollment has recently resulted in the closure of two schools,” Davies-Hughes said.
Apr 15, 2026
Ayala-Quintero said the challenge showed the board’s hypocrisy because it ignored previous recommendations from a committee that suggested keeping other books. Yet Tuesday night, the board followed that committee’s suggestion by allowing the Bible to remain.
Apr 15, 2026
Measure H would renew the current tax rate of $742 per parcel, and add a $540 increase, resulting in a $1,282 per parcel tax per year for 10 years. The tax, which would generate about $8.6 million annually, would have a 3% annual cost-of-living increase.
Apr 15, 2026
Santa Rosa City Schools will pay $6.25 million to settle lawsuits filed by the families of two students involved in a 2023 fatal stabbing at Montgomery High School.
Apr 15, 2026
Three Los Angeles school district unions won major victories with deals that bring hefty raises and prompted celebratory messages about a new chapter in local education progress. But the price of union peace will be nearly $1.2 billion in annual contract costs, and questions remain about whether the district can afford it.
Apr 15, 2026
At the heart of the negotiations was the issue of financial pressures — how much LAUSD employees struggle to make ends meet with increasing costs in the region, and how much the district has, and doesn’t have, to meet salary demands.
Apr 14, 2026
Los Angeles schools avoided a strike that would have impacted nearly 400,000 students in Southern California as the school district and the union representing support staff reached a tentative deal early Tuesday.
Apr 14, 2026
A third-party consultant on Monday, April 13, proposed three possible scenarios for Pasadena Unified School District TK-8th grade closures and consolidation, the latest action in the district’s efforts to cut costs amid declining enrollment and financial troubles.
Apr 14, 2026
A Palo Verde Unified school board member is stepping down after questions arose about her representing her Blythe district while living in Arizona since 2023.
Apr 14, 2026
Someone has lodged a complaint with Redlands schools against the King James version of the Bible, alleging it has inappropriate material for students.
Apr 14, 2026
Brian Chubon, the former Modesto principal convicted of felony statutory rape of a minor in Merced County, wrote in a letter to Modesto City Schools that he was afraid to inform the district about his charges.
Apr 13, 2026
Fresno Unified trustees adopted a resolution this week aimed at addressing on-campus homages to Cesar Chavez, and the school district has begun to cover murals on school campuses honoring the late labor leader.
Apr 13, 2026
The new school, which will be located at 8140 Spoonwood Ave. near the intersection of Bruceville Road and Poppy Ridge Road, will be named David W. Gordon Elementary School, the Board of Education unanimously approved Tuesday.
Apr 13, 2026
National School District announced that Laura Philyaw was selected as the finalist for the superintendent job. The board of education is expected to approve a multi-year contract at an upcoming school board meeting. Details of the employment agreement are not available at this time.
Apr 13, 2026
Two Riverside Unified School District employees will be laid off next school year after the district sends final layoff notices. The Riverside school board voted 5-0 Thursday, to approve the notices before the May 15 deadline.
Apr 13, 2026
With lower interest rates available, the Brentwood Union School District refinanced $20 million in general obligation bonds issued under Measure B. The $158 million injection of funds was authorized by voters in 2016 to help pay for repairs and upgrades to school facilities.
Apr 13, 2026
Two unions — United Teachers Los Angeles and Associated Administrators of Los Angeles — have reached tentative labor agreements with the Los Angeles Unified School District, bringing the district even closer to averting a three-union strike Tuesday that could shut down schools for nearly 400,000 students.
Apr 10, 2026
The armory is currently used as a hub for district maintenance and operations, but it is envisioned to house 20-24 large CTE classrooms, each designed for a specific career-track. What exactly those classrooms will hold, however, is up to the community.
Apr 10, 2026
The Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee is set to hold its fifth of seven meetings Monday, April 13, where it will be presented with consolidation scenarios by a third-party consultant.
Apr 10, 2026
A simple yes-or-no survey will determine the fate of a learning center in Rialto named for Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, co-founders of a key farmworkers union, after sexual abuse allegations against Chavez came to light in March.
Apr 10, 2026
A lawsuit against the Ontario-Montclair School District alleges employees were negligent last year when a non-verbal autistic 4-year-old Lincoln Elementary School student nearly drowned.
Apr 10, 2026
A senator’s request for the California State Auditor’s office to review the administration practices of the Orange County Board of Education has been approved by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Apr 10, 2026
A strange email was set to hit the inbox of every educator in the San Francisco Unified School District on Thursday, the contents resembling a Nigerian prince scam with an implausible message of free money.
Apr 10, 2026
The looming strike next Tuesday at Los Angeles public schools unites three unlikely allies that, together, plan to bring the nation’s second-largest school system to a standstill and exert formidable pressure to reach a favorable settlement.
Apr 10, 2026
A potential three-union strike – involving roughly 70,000 employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District — scheduled to start Tuesday if there is no settlement, would cause upheaval throughout Los Angeles.
Apr 09, 2026
Templeton Middle School and Vineyard Elementary School and will swap campuses — an estimated $60.5 million decision that comes along with renovations and new construction at both school sites.
Apr 09, 2026
The Novato Unified School District is asking voters to approve an additional parcel tax that would double the annual payments.
Apr 09, 2026
Negotiators for United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District met Wednesday for a key bargaining session that could determine whether a planned strike moves forward Tuesday, though no outcome had been announced as of press time.
Apr 09, 2026
A former Elk Grove Unified School District employee is suing the district for allegedly retaliating against her after she cooperated with law enforcement on a school shooting threat investigation and reported suspected child abuse.
Apr 09, 2026
The California Teachers Association lashed out at Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, as they reported that more than 100 California school districts have issued 2,400 preliminary layoff notices in the last month.
Apr 08, 2026
As part of this editorial board’s ongoing election coverage and endorsement process, we reached out to candidates for state superintendent of public instruction on a litany of public policy issues.
Apr 08, 2026
The campus is home to more Black students admitted to the University of California system than any other school: 1,103 since 1994, including 67 last year. Berkeley High School, which had 849 Black students admitted during the same period, 46 last year, is second.
Apr 07, 2026
Measure E on the June 2 ballot would extend the current annual tax at the rate of $1,520 that expires in June 2029. It also would reauthorize a supplemental tax that expired in 2021, levying an additional $234 per parcel.
Apr 07, 2026
Teachers struggling to afford living in this city can soon apply to live next door to their colleagues in a North Oakland apartment building that is being converted into housing for educators.
Apr 07, 2026
The Trump administration on Monday terminated a civil rights settlement with Sacramento City Unified School District aimed at ensuring a transgender student’s right to equal opportunity to education.
Apr 07, 2026
As part of this editorial board’s ongoing election coverage and endorsement process, we reached out to candidates for state superintendent of public instruction on a litany of public policy issues.
Apr 07, 2026
The changing of the guard after the eight-year term limits for Gov. Gavin Newsom and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond will likely coincide with a belt-tightening period for the state budget, forcing tough choices for the next governor.
Apr 07, 2026
Los Angeles schools are one week away from a historic employee walkout — which for the first time would involve three major unions representing teachers, most non-teaching staff and school administrators, including principals and assistant principals.
Apr 06, 2026
Redwood High School teachers and parents are accusing the school administration of interfering with the award-winning student newspaper, the Bark.
Apr 06, 2026
Los Angeles Unified principals and administrators will join teachers and school workers on picket lines beginning April 14, after their union announced Friday afternoon that members overwhelmingly approved a strike authorization vote.
Apr 06, 2026
With a potential strike looming in the Los Angeles Unified School District, students and families are facing a key question: What would happen if teachers and school workers walked off the job?
Apr 06, 2026
The superintendent of the Rio School District in northern Oxnard is on leave and an interim leader is now in charge.
Apr 06, 2026
Many teachers and parents say that the district’s cellphone ban last year has been ineffective.
Apr 06, 2026
A minor was arrested Thursday on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of a 12-year-old girl who died after being hit in the head with a metal water bottle in an alleged bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed.
Apr 06, 2026
After the state signaled it would not overhaul how schools are funded, districts across the Bay Area warned that failure to address school budget shortfalls will do irreparable harm to students.
Apr 06, 2026
Last week the Sacramento City Unified School District board unanimously approved spending up to $400,000 for budget advisory services from HYA Corporation, a school consulting group. The next day, the fiscal adviser assigned to the district by Sacramento County Office of Education blocked the deal, much to the board’s frustration.
Apr 06, 2026
Colton Joint Unified School District has paid $19.5 million to settle lawsuits by 12 former Colton High football players who alleged they were sexually abused by the school’s former athletic trainer, the daughter of the team’s renowned football coach.
Apr 06, 2026
The number of homeless students in Los Angeles County is surging, with thousands more unhoused in the span of a single school year.
Apr 06, 2026
Candidates for Fresno County Superintendent of Schools this week addressed declining school enrollment, the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms and the region’s early literacy crisis at a forum hosted by The Maddy Institute.
Mar 31, 2026
A state appellate court panel has vacated a former Granite Hills High School teacher’s child sexual abuse material and child molestation convictions related to sexual misconduct involving an underage former female student.
Mar 31, 2026
The Vallejo City Unified School District is terminating its Master Service Agreement with third-party contractor JF University/Luv Our Youth following an internal review of public statements made by the organization’s leadership.
Mar 31, 2026
With the emergence of student-led walkouts across Santa Barbara County campuses, local school districts and state officials say students have the right to protest — and may choose to leave campus — but those rights come with limits tied to attendance, safety and school supervision.
Mar 31, 2026
In a landmark decision, a California appeals court ruled that the West Contra Costa Unified School District violated state law by not doing enough to hire qualified teachers, sending a message to schools statewide that blaming vacancies on a teacher shortage is not a valid excuse.
Mar 30, 2026
High school seniors across California are anxiously awaiting word on their public university acceptances. But thousands of other soon-to-be graduates are virtually locked out. A key reason? Nearly half haven’t taken the required classes.
Mar 30, 2026
Cellphone restrictions in the Tamalpais Union High School District are not doing enough to protect the mental health of students, reduce addiction to apps and promote classroom learning, according to the superintendent.
Mar 30, 2026
Concerns about oversight within the Los Angeles Unified School District are intensifying following allegations that a former information technology employee steered more than $22 million in contracts in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks.
Mar 30, 2026
The allegations against Chavez rocked Southern California, where his legacy has been extensively memorialized with murals and statues, on government buildings and in the names of parks and schools.
Mar 30, 2026
If it weren’t for a box Roberto Alvarez Jr.’s family kept for decades, San Diegans might know a lot less about a pivotal moment in history that transpired here nearly a century ago.
Mar 30, 2026
As schools grapple with a growing number of students with disabilities and a decrease in overall funding, they must invest in preschool and early intervention, panelists said Thursday at an EdSource roundtable.
Mar 30, 2026
A Peninsula school district is proposing raising taxes to fund new facilities after it projected an enrollment spike prompted by the closure of a private school funded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.
Mar 30, 2026
Johnny Heredia expects to spend an upcoming summer digging up pipes at Chase Avenue Elementary School. As director of facilities, maintenance and operations for Cajon Valley Union School District, he’s the one called when sewage backs up into bathrooms or playgrounds.
Mar 30, 2026
A two-year court battle between West Contra Costa Unified School District, three of its teachers and a public advocacy law firm has ended with a ruling that will require the school district to hire more qualified teachers.
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.
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.