Jun 23, 2025

Kristina Pine was elected to a four-year term in November 2022. Two years ago, the district hired her husband as a teacher while she was serving on the board — a violation of state law.

Jun 23, 2025

Flores has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Her defense claims she is a victim of political retaliation for her role as a whistleblower who provided the FBI with information about the district’s $7.3 million contract with IAQ Distribution, Inc.

Jun 23, 2025

But the excavation work, which tears up concrete and play fields, comes at an undeniably inopportune time for Sonoma County’s largest school district, which is undergoing a massive physical and educational transformation in the face of an estimated $20 million budget shortfall.

Jun 23, 2025

The Trump administration said Friday it has given California 60 days to remove all mention of gender identity from its federally funded sexual education curriculum or the state risks losing grant funding.

Jun 23, 2025

The board approved a resolution ordering Isai Nicodemo Rodas, 22, to “refrain from and suspend all business associated with his role as a board member pending the outcome of the criminal allegations.”

Jun 23, 2025

Although the budgets do not signal an immediate crisis, the elementary budget expenses exceed revenues by $6.8 million, while the high school budget expenses exceed revenues by $1.8 million.

Jun 23, 2025

In January, the Marin County Public Financing Authority, which was created by county supervisors and the Marin County Office of Education in 2023 to finance and manage the project, announced a $17.4 million budget shortfall.

Jun 23, 2025

Last fall semester, Fresno Unified teacher Alejandra Garcia-Diaz grew concerned about a chronically absent student who fell far behind his classmates.

Jun 23, 2025

The CEO of Elite Academic Academy charter schools, Meghan Freeman, stepped down last month, two days after The San Diego Union-Tribune published an investigation into Elite’s organizational and financial practices.

Jun 23, 2025

The Riverside school district will be audited by a state panel investigating the alleged misuse of dollars from Measure O, a bond measure voters approved in 2016.

Jun 23, 2025

The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday is slated to vote on an $18.8-billion spending plan for the next school year that officials say will keep cuts and layoffs at bay for exactly one more year.

Jun 23, 2025

Michael Olenick has spent his life pondering the preschool years. His mother, a childhood development professor, was one of the first Head Start teachers back in the 1960s, so he started preschool at age 3.