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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.

May 27, 2026

After two decades of partnering with Santa Rosa City Schools for use of baseball fields across three high school campuses, the Redwood Empire Baseball League may be cutting ties with the school district that is now requiring the league to pay thousands to play ball.

May 27, 2026

A consultant’s report on potential Pasadena Unified School District school mergers said no student groups would be disproportionately harmed by any of the proposed campus closure scenarios. Instead, it formally echoed a theme long held by the district’s consultants at local meetings: That controversial proposals to merge certain schools into others would actually expand school programs.

May 27, 2026

Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child’s hands.”

May 27, 2026

California’s top education associations and labor organizations across the state gathered in Sacramento last week to denounce a controversial plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend billions in state school funding.

May 27, 2026

California began screening all students in kindergarten through second grade this school year to determine whether they are at risk of developing reading difficulties, such as dyslexia, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill into law in 2023.

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