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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...

/ 4 weeks ago

‘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...

/ 4 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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Hey PG&E Customers, Get Ready for New ‘Transaction Fees’

Tesla Inc. vehicle facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S., November 1, 2023. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo)

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Exclusive: Tesla to Delay US Launch of Affordable EV, a Lower-Cost Model Y, Sources Say

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Newsom vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models Sunday, Sept. 29. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

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Gov. Newsom Offers $50K Reward in 2022 Kings County Homicide

The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo)

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Trump’s White House Launches COVID Website That Criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden

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Fresno ‘Powers Up’ the Nation’s Largest Combined Solar and Battery Storage Project

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Vendors Back at Fresno’s Art Hop? Survey Wants to Know What You Think

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