Category: Tony Thurmond
Labor unions split among Democratic candidates for state superintendent
Left: Richard Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified School District board. Right: State Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, who chairs […]
January 27, 2026
Newsom seeks to centralize control of California education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond speaks as Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on. Credit: Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo […]
January 8, 2026
California officials condemn Trump’s plan to break up U.S. Department of Education
Top Takeaways The Trump administration wants to “break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states,” a […]
November 19, 2025
California School Dashboard shows progress and challenges
Top Takeaways California schools make gains in graduation rates and academic achievement. Chronic absenteeism remains a major challenge for most […]
November 14, 2025
Former Sacramento superintendent takes charge at troubled charter school
Former Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond took the helm of Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools in […]
September 4, 2025
California joins effort to cut chronic absenteeism in half by 2030
Top Takeaways California aims to cut chronic absenteeism in half over the next five years and has issued a guide […]
August 22, 2025
Trump freezes grant funding, upending school budgets
Top Takeaways The Trump administration announced it would withhold $811 million in grant funding the day before the money was […]
July 2, 2025