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Mar 13, 2025
Concerned, and in some cases surprised, parents from Bellevue Union School District this week pleaded with the district’s five-member board to reinstate elementary school PE teachers, counselors and others who are among 40 staffers slated to receive pink slips later this week to close the district’s budget gap.
Mar 13, 2025
While high school graduation rates for Black students in California have increased and suspension rates have declined, gaps in numerous learning outcomes continue to persist.
Mar 13, 2025
A discussion about the next steps to be taken in consolidating schools is scheduled for the Sonoma Valley Unified School District board of trustees meeting on Thursday, March 13.
Mar 13, 2025
Meanwhile, district leaders say they’ve already received 150 more requests to transfer out of the district than they had last year. Those transfers are called interdistrict transfers.
Mar 13, 2025
The parents of a boy subjected to repeated racist taunts by his classmates packed a Redlands Unified board meeting with a throng of supporters Tuesday, March 11, to demand a thorough investigation and a district campaign to combat racism.
Mar 13, 2025
More than 1,300 workers were fired Tuesday while another 572 accepted buyouts in recent weeks, bringing the department’s staff down to just over 2,100 workers.
Mar 13, 2025
As districts and government officials nationwide consider curbing smartphones’ reach, new research has revealed teens miss at least one and a half hours of school because they are on their phones.
Mar 13, 2025
The Trump administration has begun dismantling the U.S. Department of Education by laying off about half of the agency’s employees, casting uncertainty over how — or whether — billions of federal dollars for California to help disadvantaged students and those with disabilities will be distributed, how college financial aid and student loans will be managed and how civil rights enforcement will be carried out.
Mar 13, 2025
Central Unified has joined the list of Central Valley school districts searching for a new superintendent.
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