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12/21/2024

In a ritual similar to ones happening in school districts across California, two new board members in the West Contra Costa Unified School District along with a reelected incumbent were sworn in at the board’s final meeting of the year — as it braced itself to take on the numerous challenges that await it in 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/4fqAj5u

12/21/2024

Read the resolution that the University of California agreed to: https://bit.ly/41MZ5cF

12/21/2024

The U.S. Department of Education and the University of California have resolved complaints filed last academic year against five UC campuses alleging they did not respond effectively to harassment against Arab, Israeli, Jewish, Muslim and Palestinian students.

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12/21/2024

Nationwide, more students are graduating as multilingual, mastering more than one language.

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12/21/2024

With two new West Contra Costa Schools board members and an interim superintendent stepping into their roles, dynamics could change, but avoiding a budget deficit and finding a new leader remain top priorities.

With two new board members and an interim superintendent stepping into their roles, dynamics could change, but avoiding a budget deficit and finding a new leader remain top priorities.

12/20/2024

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved funding to pilot expanded afterschool programs in Goleta Union School District and the Harding School Foundation – partnerships that are the first of their kind.

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12/20/2024

A number of challenges already face the California Student Aid Commission’s new top official, such as getting more students to apply for aid and how to advise students fearful of doing so under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VRurLv

12/20/2024

CSU Channel Islands will open some residence halls to students at neighboring Oxnard College starting in spring 2025, in a plan that could benefit both campuses.

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12/20/2024

It’s not too late for prospective first-years to apply to 14 California State University campuses.

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12/20/2024

Deborah Clark has spent an award-winning career in mission-driven storytelling, both as a journalist and as an executive.

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12/20/2024

When Gabriela Rodriguez was in third grade in San Jose Unified, her teacher recommended her for a scholarship to join the New Ballet school.

Now, at 19, she is starring in The San Jose Nutcracker and dreams of teaching others the joy of dance.

How can dance and other arts inspire and impact students’ education and life trajectories?

Full episode: https://bit.ly/3BGCJ23

12/19/2024

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the following appointments to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the California Community Colleges Board of Governors.

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12/19/2024

The number of Black students beginning Harvard Law School plummeted this fall after last year’s Supreme Court decision barring affirmative action in college admissions, according to recently released data.

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12/19/2024

A panel of reading experts has designated the tests that school districts can use to identify reading difficulties that kindergartners through second graders may have, starting next fall.

Districts will have four options for screening instruments to identify reading difficulties among students in kindergarten through second grade.

12/19/2024

About 1 in 5 adults in California over age 25 have attended college but do not have a degree. These are students that were at one point interested in a credential, but were, for a variety of reasons, sidelined. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iGcpps

12/18/2024

Districts will have four options for screening instruments to identify reading difficulties among students in kindergarten through second grade. Learn more: bit.ly/4fvDoRz

12/18/2024

While in foster care, 83% survey respondents did not feel respected, 65% did not feel safe, and 66% experienced some form of discrimination and/or prejudice.

While attending high school, 58% of the respondents did not feel safe, 60% did not feel supported, and 72% did not feel respected. During the interview portion of the study, some respondents shared why they felt unsupported during those school years.

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12/17/2024

A $600,000 federal grant fuels a Sacramento-area program to help kids tap into empathy, emotional learning and healing. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VHNjwk