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Apr 26, 2024
The DA’s office has shared no details about the investigation’s status following several requests by The Record starting in February, except to say it was ongoing. It's unclear if that's still the case.
Apr 26, 2024
As contract negotiations drag on, Stockton Teachers Association members led a two-hour protest outside of Stockton Unified School District's headquarters ahead of Tuesday's board of trustees meeting.
Apr 26, 2024
The school, Maria Carrillo High, opened in 1996. Parents, teachers and students say other schools in the Santa Rosa City Schools district have greater needs.
Apr 26, 2024
Palm Springs Unified School District has become the first district in the Coachella Valley to pay its five student board members a stipend of about $296 per month for attending meetings, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024.
Apr 26, 2024
After four months, Fresno Unified is still far away from selecting a new superintendent as the summer break looms, choosing to pause the search as board members discuss “available options.”
Apr 26, 2024
Nine rural California counties, most struggling with student achievement and teacher recruitment, are in teacher education deserts, according to a report released Tuesday from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools.
Apr 26, 2024
How much homework is too much homework? A new California bill introduced in the State Assembly asserts that giving elementary school students hefty amounts of homework does not result in higher academic achievement.
Apr 26, 2024
The Redlands Unified School District has entered into an agreement with the federal government to address concerns that the district failed to respond properly to reports of sexual misconduct against students.
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