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How Schools Can Help Students Facing Homelessness Get to Class

Coming up with solutions to the transportation problems of homeless students would go a long way toward reducing chronic absenteeism, advoca...

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Madera Drama Teacher Sees the Arts as a Gateway to Improving Literacy Skills

A few years ago, when Julian Ramos first started teaching drama, he was hoping to explore Greek tragedy with his sixth graders. Then he real...

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‘A Step Backwards’: How Federal Threats to DEI Impact CA Schools

A letter to U.S. schools from Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the federal Department of Education, in Washingt...

/ 2 months ago

CSU Campuses Brace for Possible Cuts in Classes and Sports

When Kaitlin Anderson committed to play golf for Sonoma State University, she posed proudly in a Seawolves sweatshirt. But last week, school...

/ 3 months ago

Let the Latest Scramble Begin for California School Construction Money

The record 205 school districts that passed construction bonds in November will spend 2025 vying for matching money from a $10 billion state...

/ 3 months ago

Conflict Over Race, LGBTQ Issues Cost Schools More Than $3 Billion Last School Year

Conflicts between parents, teachers and school leaders over parental rights policies focusing on LGBTQ+ students, limitations on teaching ab...

/ 5 months ago

Legislative Analyst Reports on Highs and Lows of UC Merced’s First 20 Years

A Nov. 7 report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office looking back at UC Merced’s first 20 years finds that the campus in severa...

/ 5 months ago

College Application Deadlines Are Near. What You Need to Know.

College applications are open for the fall 2025 term, and deadlines are looming. Mallika Seshadri EdSource California’s two public ...

/ 6 months ago

Nature’s Classroom: Why Preschoolers Need More Time Outdoors

At a forest school, the roof is the bright blue sky, a cluster of ladybugs flying through the air can turn into a science lesson and the fog...

/ 6 months ago

Candidate Shortage Means Many Californians Won’t Vote for School Boards

Millions of California residents will not have the opportunity to vote for the people representing them on their school boards on Nov. 5 bec...

/ 6 months ago

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Yastrzemski and Chapman Homers Help Giants Rally Past the Brewers

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an 'Unleashing American Energy' event at the Department of Energy in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2017. (REUTERS File)

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Trump Poised to Offer Saudi Arabia Over $100 Billion Arms Package, Sources Say

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US Farm Agency Withdraws Proposal Aimed at Lowering Salmonella Risks in Poultry

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Candi Is the Dandy to Add a Little Sweetness to Your Life

Maxwell Barrios, 28, of Tulare, was sentenced to over four years in state prison on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, for a 2023 DUI crash that seriously injured two women, including one who required a partial arm amputation. (Tulare County DA)

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Tulare Man Sentenced to State Prison for DUI Crash That Injured Two Women

People vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., November 5, 2024. (REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo)

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Judge Partly Blocks Trump Order Seeking to Overhaul US Elections

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