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Don’t skip the school board elections; they matter more than you think

Low voter participation in school board elections leaves important budget and policy decisions in the hands of small groups ...
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U.S. Education Department investigates San Francisco, Palo Alto school districts’ ethnic studies curriculum

The Trump administration accused the San Francisco, Palo Alto and North Monterey County school districts of coercing students ...
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Sacramento City Unified will keep Prop. 28 funds after correcting accounting error

According to documents obtained from the California Department of Education, Sacramento City Unified was allowed to fix the ...
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Here’s how much California Teachers Association has spent on Barrera campaign, Prop. 3

The California Teachers Association, the state’s largest teachers union and one of the largest funders of California ...
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UCLA asks court to drop another Trump administration antisemitism suit

UCLA filed a motion with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Monday asking it to throw out a Trump Administration lawsuit ...
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State test scores: Fresno Unified reaches milestone, Golden Plains makes big jump in math

Sign up for EdSource’s free daily newsletter to stay ahead of what’s changing in California education. California’s most recent test scores on English language ...
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Teachers need help supporting student mental health, according to new study

The report, “Difficulty Supporting Student Mental Health Strains Teacher Well-Being,” found that this added work made teachers’ jobs more emotionally demanding. Teachers who offered students mental ...
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LAUSD joins districts across the state in planning for financial literacy education

With a state mandate looming, the Los Angeles Unified School District this week joined other districts in preparing to introduce a semester of personal finance by the Legislature’s 2027-28 deadline.
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Newsom’s dilemma: Join or spurn new federal school choice program

Before he heads out the door, Gov. Gavin Newsom must decide whether California will join 31 states in a new multibillion-dollar school choice program, funded by private donations, that President ...
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Poll: California voters support billionaire wealth tax — and its countermeasures

Sign up for EdSource’s free daily newsletter to stay ahead of what’s changing in California education. A majority of California voters are backing a November ...
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Social media giants settle first of more than a thousand school district lawsuits

Sign up for EdSource’s free daily newsletter to stay ahead of what’s changing in California education. In a settlement with potential ripple effects for over a ...
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Newsom signs first-in-nation laws restricting AI, social media use for children

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a landmark package of bills to restrict children and teens’ use of social media and artificial intelligence chatbots deemed harmful. The first-in-the ...