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Fresno Unified teachers condemn district for plan to cut extra class time for students

In front of around 100 educators on Wednesday, Fresno Teachers Association President Manuel Bonilla said that Fresno Unified does not have to cut its Designated Schools program that provides 30 additional instruction minutes to over 24,000 students each day. Credit: Lasherica Thornton/ EdSource About 100 Fresno Unified educators slammed the state’s third-largest school system for […]

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West Contra Costa community rallies around educators protesting staffing cuts

United Teachers of Richmond gather at West Contra Costa school board meeting Wednesday to protest staff cuts approved a week earlier. Credit: Monica Velez / EdSource San Pablo mom Gabriella Garcia said her fourth-grade son sometimes comes home in tears after being bullied about his speech impediment. Her son receives help through Zoom calls with

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Trump’s nominee says she may break apart, not shut down Education Department

Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, answers questions from senators during her confirmation hearing while surrounded by family members in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Credit: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP The nominee to become the next and, President Donald Trump vows, last secretary of education assured U.S. senators on Thursday that there are no

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What parents and students need to know about LAUSD’s cellphone ban

Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted 5-2 to develop its new cellphone ban last August — placing the district more than a year ahead of the state’s requirement for districts to limit the use of smartphones by July 1, 2026.  Students should expect to have their cellphones off and

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The community college creating a home base for transition-age foster students

Sky Celine Page, 20, in her subsidized home, which recently opened as part of a collaborative effort between Pasadena City College, Pasadena Community Foundation and First Place for Youth. “If I wasn’t here, and I didn’t have the opportunity to not pay rent, I probably wouldn’t be in school,” she said. Credit: Betty Márquez Rosales

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New Stanford database tracks learning loss, gain in California and districts nationwide

A student writes math problems in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton on Feb. 6, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Thayer A unique database that enables people to compare standardized test scores among nearly all districts and states found that California experienced slightly less learning loss than the national average in

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How Compton Unified boosted its standardized test scores

A teacher leads fourth graders in a lesson at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton last week.. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Thayer Ask anyone what they know about Compton, California.  Many would bring up tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, who learned to play on Compton’s public courts, or the election of Douglas Dollarhide, who, in

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Lawsuit charges misuse of arts education funding at LAUSD schools

EdSource file photo courtesy of Oakland School for the Arts Vicky Martinez feels cheated that her children haven’t had much exposure to the arts at their Los Angeles Unified schools despite state funding through Prop. 28,  the state’s landmark arts education mandate. She believes access to the arts could help them cope with their anxiety

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California school districts are weighed down by new costs of old sexual assaults

Credit: Julie Leopo / EdSource School districts’ costs for compensating students victimized by sexual assault are escalating by billions of dollars. Many cases date back decades and were revived by a 2019 state law that widely expanded liability exposure of schools and other public agencies for past child sexual assaults.  An independent analysis of that

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