Declining enrollment, the end of pandemic relief funding and uncertain state funding are forcing California school districts to make some difficult decisions.
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California banned college legacy admissions. Will it change who gets in?
A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California’s public universities don’t use legacy admissions.
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The brutal story behind California’s new Native American genocide education law
A new law requires California students to learn Native American history in a way that includes the mistreatment and perspectives of tribal members.
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K-12 funding is guaranteed in California’s budget. School boards say Newsom jeopardized it
Gov. Gavin Newsom lowered the guaranteed amount of funding for K-12 schools in this year’s budget. The California School Boards Association filed a lawsuit Thursday, saying the change is unconstitutional.
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California schools release a blizzard of data, and that’s why parents can’t make sense of it
Information about how California’s K-12 students are performing is located on several sites and is difficult to understand, a new report finds.
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More California schools are banning smartphones, but kids keep bringing them
California schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a crackdown.
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California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers
Some California agencies are offering incentives and hosting workshops for school districts that want to build affordable housing for teachers.
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Lawmakers reach agreement on $10 billion school bond
The money will pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of schools across California; K-12 schools would get $8.5 billion and $1.5 billion would go to community colleges.
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California could require kids to learn how to manage money. Should voters decide curriculum?
An initiative that looks likely to appear on the November ballot and that would require a personal finance class in high school circumvents the usual process for curriculum changes.
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These fed-up parents fought California’s pandemic schooling and won. Now what?
A recent legal settlement directs $2 billion to California schools to help students recover from learning loss. The lawsuit claimed remote learning was so ineffective that thousands of students were denied their right to an education.