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Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 13, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 12, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 11, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 10, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 06, 2026

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

Feb 05, 2026

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

Feb 05, 2026

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

Feb 05, 2026

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

Feb 05, 2026

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

Feb 04, 2026

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

Feb 04, 2026

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

Feb 04, 2026

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

Feb 04, 2026

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

Feb 04, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

Feb 03, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Feb 02, 2026

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

Jan 30, 2026

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

Jan 30, 2026

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

Jan 30, 2026

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

Jan 30, 2026

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

Jan 30, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 29, 2026

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

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 28, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 27, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 26, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 23, 2026

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

Jan 22, 2026

Stockton Unified School District students made modest gains in graduation rates, English learner progress and several student subgroups, but they still lag behind state academic standards and face persistent opportunity gaps, according to the 2025 California School Dashboard.

Jan 22, 2026

Joe Koski, assistant superintendent of educational support services for the county office, announced his campaign for the role in an email on Tuesday, saying he aims to continue the vision of longtime superintendent Jim Brescia, who recently announced he will not be seeking reelection in November.

Jan 22, 2026

The Sacramento City Unified School District is navigating poor financial waters for the second time in less than a decade. The district was on the brink of insolvency in 2018 and facing the threat of state receivership.

Jan 22, 2026

The Elk Grove Unified School District is adding a new graduation requirement for students in the class of 2030 and beyond.The district will begin offering ninth graders the course “Introduction to Ethnic Studies” in the 2026-27 school year.

Jan 22, 2026

Several Modesto City Schools parents showed up to Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting to contest a first reading of the district’s proposed mental health policy.

Jan 22, 2026

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

Jan 22, 2026

The Trump administration has abandoned the legal defense of its campaign to strip federal funding from schools and colleges that promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Jan 21, 2026

Michael Specchierla, the executive director at the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, announced on Tuesday his campaign for SLO County superintendent of schools.

Jan 21, 2026

The proposal would ask residents to renew the district’s current parcel tax and reauthorize a second tax that expired during the pandemic.

Jan 21, 2026

The Sausalito Marin City School District is seeking a new after-school provider following the announcement that its contractor, Bridge the Gap, will not continue with the program next year.

Jan 21, 2026

Special ed enrollment has been rising across the Lodi Unified district, as well as the state and country, for the past few decades. At a school board meeting last August, the district announced that 18% of Lodi’s 26,000 students receive special ed services — a figure several percentage points higher than the statewide average.

Jan 21, 2026

The Los Angeles County Office of Education has awarded the Pasadena Unified School District a positive certification on its recently submitted first interim report.

Jan 21, 2026

A new school on the Morongo Band of Mission Indians reservation will bring together on one campus younger tribal students who currently go to school at three sites on the reservation.

Jan 21, 2026

Amid a national and turbulent debate on how to boost lagging literacy skills, San Francisco is putting its money behind a simple effort that seems to be generating the kind of jaw-dropping results often promised with education reforms, but rarely seen.

Jan 21, 2026

A long-running effort to help disadvantaged students of color in Los Angeles schools is under legal challenge by a group that claims the nation’s second-largest school system is discriminating against white students.

Jan 20, 2026

The Paso Robles school district will officially discuss questions about transgender bathrooms and trans students’ participation in sports at a school board meeting in February.

Jan 20, 2026

Under the plan, the Marin County Office of Education would be the rental-income guarantor for all 74 apartments designated for K-12 education workers. The county office was originally assigned 20 apartments.

Jan 20, 2026

Bond-funded upgrades at two elementary schools in the Mill Valley School District are mostly complete, while work at three others is expected soon, according to a district consultant.

Jan 20, 2026

A vote by the Twin Rivers Unified School District board this week does not bode well for the future of Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools, which has been under scrutiny since a state audit found it had received more than $180 million in K-12 funds it was not eligible to collect.

Jan 20, 2026

Educational administrator Jason Sutter, a resident of Sonoma Valley for 30 years, has been selected as the new superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District.

Jan 20, 2026

Democrats and Republicans largely agree California’s schools are struggling — but they offer starkly different explanations for why, and competing visions for how much power, money and control the state should exert over classrooms, teachers and parents.

Jan 20, 2026

“Randolph the Bow-Legged Cowboy had a very shiny gun, and if you ever saw it, you would turn around and run.” — San Jose Unified School District Board Vice President Brian Wheatley, singing a version of a spoof of “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” in a video he posted to his social media after a principal had stopped him from singing the full song at an elementary school concert last month and he apologized. Some teachers at last week’s board meeting called it tone deaf.

Jan 20, 2026

The layoffs have slowed work at the Office for Civil Rights across the board, but it has an outsize impact on cases of sexual violence. Students who are mistreated by their schools — including victims and accused students alike — have few other venues to pursue justice.

Jan 20, 2026

The Sacramento City Unified School District will end its screening exams for admission to two desirable elementary schools after California Attorney General Rob Bonta found the tool discriminated against students with disabilities.

Jan 16, 2026

Jill Baker, the Long Beach Unified School District’s first woman superintendent, will retire from her leadership role at the close of the 2025-26 academic year.

Jan 16, 2026

Investigations have dwindled. Before the layoffs last March, the office opened dozens of sexual violence investigations a year. Since then, it’s opened fewer than 10 nationwide, according to internal data obtained by The Associated Press.

Jan 16, 2026

The Fresno Unified board that oversees the district’s employee health benefits voted on Thursday to offer retirees an additional health care option amid continued uncertainty over their access to services.

Jan 16, 2026

New interim chief business officer Lisa-Grant Dawson told a frustrated board of trustees at a meeting Thursday night that the Sacramento City Unified School District is still at risk of running out of money by summer.

Jan 16, 2026

The fight over “Grading for Equity” now is popping in the East Bay’s Tri-Valley school districts, where education officials have a plan to counter potential opposition: remove the word “equity” from their policies.

Jan 16, 2026

Days after a San Jose school board member apologized for singing a song with references to a gun at an elementary school winter concert, he sang it again—this time in a video he posted to social media.

Jan 16, 2026

Federal officials have launched an investigation into the California Community Colleges Athletic Assn. and four other state colleges and school districts, alleging that their policies allowing sports participation based on gender identity violate the civil rights of female athletes, U.S. Education Department officials announced this week.

Jan 16, 2026

California communities and environmental justice groups worked for years to win a law to prevent new oil and gas wells from being drilled near where people live, work and gather. Now, the Trump administration is suing to overturn it.

Jan 16, 2026

A growing number of parents, teachers and neighbors have banded together in districts across the state, including Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego, to watch for ICE agents outside schools, walk students to school, and bring groceries for families who are afraid to leave their homes.

Jan 15, 2026

New buildings stand tall at the site of what will soon be the reconstructed Paradise High School on Clark Road.

Jan 15, 2026

Community Health System has agreed to restore certain services for thousands of Fresno Unified’s retirees who abruptly lost health care access on New Year’s Day due to an insurance network dispute.

Jan 15, 2026

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options.

Jan 15, 2026

A month after a contentious meeting at which the Temecula school board couldn’t agree on a new clerk, the topic returned — along with the proposed censure of a board member and a policy stating that trustees don’t have individual authority.

Jan 15, 2026

Dozens of frustrated parents, teachers and residents packed the Livermore Valley Unified School District Board meeting Tuesday night, rallying against a proposal to shutter two elementary schools to help close a $16 million budget deficit.

Jan 15, 2026

The Los Angeles school district is falling short of meeting school board-approved academic goals set four years ago, but students continue to improve faster on key academic measurements than the state as a whole, based on data released Tuesday.

Jan 15, 2026

A vote by the Twin Rivers Unified School District board this week does not bode well for the future of Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools, which has been under scrutiny since a state audit found it had received more than $180 million in K-12 funds it was not eligible to collect.

Jan 14, 2026

The Monterey County Board of Education will meet Wednesday to decide whether to approve a new charter school, a controversial decision that has drawn reaction from educators, parents and district leaders across the county.

Jan 14, 2026

Voters in the Lagunitas School District will decide this month whether to renew its longstanding parcel tax.

Jan 14, 2026

The region’s largest hospital system said it remained at an impasse with Fresno Unified’s for-profit health insurer on reimbursement rates amid negotiations to restore the health care services district retirees abruptly lost on New Year’s Day.

Jan 13, 2026

Los Angeles Unified School District officials on Monday celebrated the first day of the second semester of the 2025-26 school year, saying that classrooms will remain a safe haven for students and parents.

Jan 13, 2026

Some retired Fresno Unified employees say their simmering frustration with their health care benefits, which remain in limbo, stems back to the district’s 2023 decision to outsource retiree coverage to a profit-driven private insurer.

Jan 13, 2026

Across San Diego County, school district leaders have been bolstering their systems for how to deal with immigration enforcement, spurred by rising arrests in local communities and by new state laws and legal guidance.

Jan 13, 2026

Months before a San Jose high school attracted national attention when an image of students forming a human swastika on a football field went viral, a Jewish student in the Santa Cruz Mountains was targeted in a way that left no ambiguity, according to state records.

Jan 13, 2026

With a new grade called transitional kindergarten, there are younger kids in elementary school this year than ever before in California — and with that comes its own set of challenges for schools who are trying to implement it.

Jan 13, 2026

The Sacramento City Unified School District will reform its enrollment processes after an investigation by the state showed that the district’s practices violated state laws and discriminated against students of color, students with disabilities, English learning students and homeless students.

Jan 12, 2026

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration unveiled a proposed $349 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1, projecting a $2.9 billion deficit — far smaller than the $18 billion shortfall forecast by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in November.

Jan 12, 2026

The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District and Monterey Peninsula College are launching two new dual-enrollment programs for high school students, slated to begin in fall 2026.

Jan 12, 2026

Voters in the Sausalito Marin City School District could soon be asked to support a $10 million bond measure to rebuild an athletic field.

Jan 12, 2026

Schools and community colleges can expect billions of dollars in new funding, thanks to robust tax receipts tied to wealth from artificial intelligence companies, according to the governor’s 2026-27 state budget.

Jan 12, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a decision in his last year as governor similar to one former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faced in his first year two decades ago: How to deal with a lawsuit demanding that the state fix unhealthy and inadequate school facilities?

Jan 09, 2026

The state Public Employment Relations Board has been summoned to conduct a fact-finding inquiry into the stalled contract talks between the district and the teachers’ union.

Jan 09, 2026

San Rafael City Schools will need to make about $5.5 million in cuts to keep its budgets balanced over the three-year fiscal reporting period, officials said.

Jan 09, 2026

John Roach has been hired as the new superintendent of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.

Jan 09, 2026

Sacramento-area educators are poised to strike if their demands for higher compensation and improved working conditions are not met soon.

Jan 09, 2026

San Diego Unified says it will close schools Feb. 26 for one day after teachers authorized what would be their first strike in decades over special education workloads — part of a statewide union push for schools to boost staffing.

Jan 09, 2026

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said he was blindsided by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal Thursday to curtail the superintendent’s duties and he disagrees with it, although it’s unclear what he can do to stop it.

Jan 09, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday previewed a major education system overhaul that would give the next governor more authority over state school policies and redefine — and almost certainly diminish — the role of the elected state superintendent of public instruction.

Jan 08, 2026

In November, the board approved tripling monthly compensation from $750 to $3,000 following the passage of Assembly Bill 1390, which raised the maximum pay for school board members in large districts.

Jan 08, 2026

After more than two years of construction, the new campus of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy was introduced Wednesday to great celebration in Sausalito.

Jan 08, 2026

Sacramento City Unified School District is investigating one of its top financial officers following allegations of fiscal mismanagement made by an anonymous group within her department.

Jan 08, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday proposed paring down the responsibilities of California’s elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction and shifting more power to the State Board of Education.

Jan 08, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce Thursday that he will ask the Legislature to shift the operation and control of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent of public instruction to the governor and the State Board of Education.

Jan 07, 2026

One year after the Palisades fire destroyed or damaged three school campuses, Los Angeles Unified School District officials said Tuesday that Palisades Charter High School will reopen its campus in two weeks, while permanent rebuilding of two elementary schools is expected to be completed by fall of 2028.

Jan 07, 2026

California is failing to meet its promises to children — especially in students’ well-being and education — according to a new report released Wednesday.

Jan 07, 2026

Thousands of retired Fresno Unified employees abruptly lost access to health care services from Community Medical Centers on New Year’s Day, and it’s unclear when the situation will be resolved.

Jan 07, 2026

Of the 54 teachers employed at St. Hope schools in November 2024, only 16 remain in their roles one year later (another three came back as administrators). An additional five hired in 2025 were gone before Thanksgiving break.

Jan 07, 2026

A court order giving California teachers full freedom to tell parents about their child’s gender identity at school is on hold after an appellate panel blocked it from going into immediate effect.

Jan 07, 2026

If a school principal in San Diego County demands to look through a student’s backpack and doesn’t find anything against the rules, in most cases, no record will be made about the search. Civil rights advocates in Southern California say that’s a problem.

Jan 07, 2026

You can never lose money by catastrophizing about what President Donald Trump might do. My last year’s predictions about his impact on education, treating the Department of Education like Venezuela with shock and awe, were, within a fenster or so, spot-on (go here for last year’s predictions).

Jan 07, 2026

For years, California schools have pushed to change the way the state pays for K-12 education: by basing funding on enrollment, instead of attendance. That’s the way 45 other states do it, and it would mean an extra $6 billion annually in school coffers.

Jan 06, 2026

The 2025 fires cut a wide swath of destruction that the region is still grappling with. Thirty-one people died. Over 100,000 people were displaced.

Jan 06, 2026

In 2019, first-year Gov. Gavin Newsom inherited a state flush with cash. With a $21.4 billion budget surplus to play with, an ambitious Newsom invested billions in affordable housing, child care and health care expansion while paying down the state’s debt and shoring up reserves. The next governor won’t be that lucky.

Jan 06, 2026

Peer-to-peer mental health support programs show early signs of improving student mental health, enhancing student engagement and reducing stigma in California high schools, according to a report by the Children’s Partnership.

Jan 06, 2026

A coalition representing California charter authorizers has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to take the lead in shaping the next anti-fraud charter school bill, urging him to include key oversight provisions in his January budget proposal.

Jan 05, 2026

A federal judge in Southern California ruled this week the state may no longer bar teachers from informing parents when their children socially transition to a different gender at school.

Jan 05, 2026

Facing a mountain of lawsuits, California K-12 schools will have a system in place beginning this year to prevent teachers and other staff from sexually abusing students.

Jan 05, 2026

Visitors to San Rafael City Schools campuses in coming months will need to complete a new electronic visitor check-in and badging process.

Jan 05, 2026

The most recent version of the Novato Unified School District budget has been downgraded from “positive” to “qualified” status because of a projected reserves level below the mandated state minimum amount.

Jan 05, 2026

California students are likely to see fewer cell phones and more gender-neutral bathrooms next year as new state education laws go into effect.

Jan 05, 2026

At the beginning of 2025 Sacramento schools worked to steady themselves ahead of the uncertainty that came with a new presidential administration which sought to eradicate the Department of Education, but the biggest local education stories of the year were a matter of homegrown issues, some of them years in the making.

Jan 05, 2026

Former Bullard High School football coach Don Arax’s lawsuit against Fresno Unified School District and trustee Keshia Thomas is still ongoing, and the matter won’t make it to trial for another year.

Jan 05, 2026

A year ago, Tanya Reyes watched in disbelief as the Eaton fire incinerated her Altadena home. As her three daughters listed everything they had lost in the days that followed, Reyes kept reminding them that what mattered most was that they still had each other.

Jan 05, 2026

A federal court ruling has affirmed the free speech and religious rights of California teachers who want to tell parents about how their child is expressing gender identity at school, a victory for conservatives and parent-rights advocates that stands to rewrite state school policies if upheld.

Jan 05, 2026

The past few years, California has been all about the ABCs, 1-2-3s and the wheels on the bus, investing more than $5 billion in early childhood education. But kindergarten, a staple of elementary schools for more than a century, remains optional.

Jan 05, 2026

A federal court judge in San Jose has denied a preliminary injunction that four teachers and others sought to stop a new state law intended to blunt rising antisemitism in California public schools.

Jan 05, 2026

California classrooms will look and feel different in 2026 — with new limits on cellphones, expanded protections for immigrant families, gender-neutral bathrooms and healthier school meals rolling out statewide as a slate of new education laws takes effect for the state’s 5.8 million K-12 students.

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.