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Florida Teacher: Juneteenth Explores the Oft-Avoided Side of U.S. History
In states like Florida, where restrictions on AP African American History, DEI censorship and books bans have caused turmoil, Juneteenth is an opportunity for educator Brian Knowles to explore with his students the “more despondent areas of American history that are often avoided.” That includes examining the intellectual and cultural foundations of the holiday: the...
By Trinity Alicia | June 19, 2025
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L.A. Families Are Mostly Satisfied With Their Schools, Survey Says
Families are mostly satisfied with their LAUSD schools — although they want improvements in school safety and better mental health services for students, an annual survey of district parents has found. The 79-page “Family Insights” report found LAUSD families saw improvements in their schools in the past year, with support for leadership of the nation’s...
By Ben Chapman | June 17, 2025
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L.A. Unified Sees ‘Major Gains’ in Fight Against Chronic Absenteeism — But Problem Persists
Chronic absenteeism remains a problem for LAUSD, but the school district is making gains, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said on his last house visit of the year aimed at driving student attendance. The district made progress this year with the tricky challenge, Carvalho said during the home visit last month, but officials could not say how...
By Jacob Matthews | June 12, 2025
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The California Mom at the Center of Trump’s Crackdown on School Gender Policies
In 2022, near the end of her youngest child’s freshman year in high school, a Southern California mom spotted an unfamiliar male name on an online biology assignment: Toby. When she asked the teacher about it, he shrugged it off as a nickname. While scrolling through Instagram, the mother noticed her child’s friends also called...
By Linda Jacobson | June 11, 2025
Across All Ages & Demographics, Test Results Show Americans Are Getting Dumber
Parents, Medical Providers, Vaccine Experts Brace for RFK Jr.’s HHS Takeover
After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test
Interactive: Data From 9,500 Districts Finds Even More Staff and Fewer Students
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L.A. Schools Create ‘Perimeters of Safety’ Against ICE Agents
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said Monday school police will create “perimeters of safety” around high school graduation ceremonies to keep out immigration enforcement agents after federal raids rocked the city last week. Speaking at a press conference at LAUSD headquarters, Carvalho also said the district would offer transportation to graduation events,...
By Ben Chapman | June 9, 2025
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It’s Expensive to Become a Teacher in California. This Bill Would Pay Those Who Try
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Brigitta Hunter started her teaching career, she had $20,000 in student loans and zero income – even though she was working nearly full time in the classroom. “We lived on my husband’s pathetic little paycheck. I don’t know how we did it,”...
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters | June 9, 2025
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Another Casualty of Trump Research Cuts? California Students Who Want To Be Scientists
This article was originally published on CalMatters This spring, the National Institutes of Health quietly began terminating programs at scores of colleges that prepared promising undergraduate and graduate students for doctoral degrees in the sciences. At least 24 University of California and California State University campuses lost training grants that provided their students with annual stipends...
By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters | June 5, 2025
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California Schools See 9% Surge in Homeless Students as Funds Decrease
This story was originally published on EdSurge. The number of students experiencing homelessness who were enrolled in California’s TK-12 public schools has jumped over 9% for yet another year, even as overall enrollment rates continue on a downward trend. Nearly 20,000 more homeless students were enrolled by the first Wednesday in October, known as Census Day,...
By Betty Márquez Rosales, EdSource | June 4, 2025
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Los Angeles School Board Moms Push For Paid Parental Leave
Three moms on the L.A. Unified School Board have assembled a resolution to improve benefits for pregnant teachers and other district employees who don’t qualify for California’s state-paid family leave. The board passed the resolution unanimously last month — and now the district is putting together a preliminary plan, with a deadline of February, 2026...
By Ben Chapman | June 3, 2025
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LA Invested Millions in Preschools. Less Than Four Years Later, It’s Offloading Most. What Happened?
This story was originally published at LAist In 2021, the city of Los Angeles took some of its COVID-19 relief money and put it toward a big plan: expanding and running its own childcare centers. The City Council approved $20 million dollars of American Rescue Plan Act federal funds to renovate and reopen 10 licensed...
By Libby Rainey, LAist | June 2, 2025