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Transitional kindergarten comes of age in California
Top Takeaways Transitional kindergarten, or TK, becomes available to all 4-year-olds in the fall. Smaller child-to-staff ratios, 10-to-1, are slated […]
May 21, 2025
Proactive campus policies, communication with students critical under ‘antagonistic’ federal actions, panel says
California universities’ core function of providing education remains intact despite questions about the future of higher education under the current […]
May 21, 2025
Court blocks Temecula Valley Unified from enforcing CRT ban
The Temecula Valley Unified School District can no longer implement its ban on critical race theory (CRT) as litigation moves […]
May 21, 2025
California schools prepare to introduce universal reading screening
Top Takeaways By June 30, California schools must choose one of four screening tests recommended by a state panel. Most […]
May 20, 2025
Trump proposals for students with disabilities create confusion and fear
Top Takeaways A proposal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to oversee special education draws criticism. Trump […]
May 19, 2025
Head Start offers path to success for children, families
Related Reading Head Start allies wait, worry about possible funding cuts May 14, 2025 Malaya Peterkin and other preschoolers sat […]
May 15, 2025
Head Start allies wait, worry about possible funding cuts
Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher express concern about potential budget cuts to the program. Head Start supporters were […]
May 14, 2025
LAUSD board passes resolution vowing to support parent employees
Top Takeaways The Los Angeles Unified School District school board passed a resolution to support parent employees. The district will […]
May 14, 2025
Can a final push save San Francisco State’s marine research campus on the bay?
Top Takeaways University says attempts to make the Romberg Tiburon campus financially self-sustaining have fallen short. The likely closure shows […]
May 8, 2025
Wellness coaches take on youth mental health problem in rural California
Top Takeaways Students in rural areas fare much worse than those in urban areas in mental well-being because of poverty […]
May 7, 2025
The sound of music returns to students traumatized by the Eaton fire
An Altadena family with four young children was awakened in the middle of the night by a firefighter’s urgent evacuation […]
May 5, 2025
University of Texas Chancellor James Milliken chosen as next University of California president
James B. Milliken, the chancellor of the University of Texas system and a veteran administrator with a history of leading […]
May 3, 2025
Federal cuts throw a curveball into my young Dodger fan’s tutoring journey
“Bye, Jose, I’ll see you Monday. Have a good weekend. Go Dodgers.” That’s my standard weekly sign-off to Jose Hernandez, […]
May 2, 2025
West Contra Costa Unified loses big chunk of federal grant to support students’ mental health
TOP TAKEAWAYS West Contra Costa Unified anticipates receiving only about $600,000 of the $4.2 million it was awarded last year. […]
May 2, 2025
Why isn’t Los Angeles Unified settling this lawsuit on arts funding?
My time on the high school football field was spent with a snare drum strapped around my chest. As a […]
May 1, 2025
Visa uncertainty hits California community colleges’ international students
Top Takeaways About 14,000 international students attend California’s community colleges, many of them in the Bay Area. Community colleges charge […]
May 1, 2025
Numerous districts don’t heed federal advice to bar police from enforcing school rules
Policing experts say that discipline is the responsibility of school administrators, not law enforcement. Many California school districts’ contracts for […]
April 30, 2025
Resource officers’ ‘position of trust’ with students sometimes exploited
Last year, a Washington Post investigation identified more than 200 school police officers across the country “who were charged with […]
April 30, 2025
Why — and how — some California schools bounced back five years after the pandemic
California’s students have struggled in the five years since the pandemic closed schools. But kids in many schools are bouncing […]
April 29, 2025
How one rural county pays for its resource officers
While some districts commit millions of dollars to resource officers, others struggle to find funding. Trinity County, population 16,500, has […]
April 29, 2025