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Sep 05, 2025
Although our district continues to perform at a high level, our funding is approximately $2,700 per student below the California state average,” said Rachel Litwack, president of the board of trustees.
Sep 05, 2025
By fall 2024, Fresno Unified School District student attendance had finally nearly recovered from the heightened absenteeism initiated by pandemic-related school closures, said Carlos Castillo, the district superintendent.
Sep 05, 2025
A decade ago, California schools introduced a new K-12 science curriculum that was hands-on, interactive and designed to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century.
Sep 05, 2025
Just before the pandemic struck, girls had overtaken boys’ scores in math and finally closed the long-standing gender gap in a subject that is a gateway to the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Sep 05, 2025
As the new academic year begins, schools throughout California are grappling with how to carry out a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to withdraw their child from classroom lessons on LGBTQ+ issues and other subjects that conflict with their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
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