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Jun 25, 2026
The Vallejo City Unified School District’s largest employee union filed a lawsuit against the district for allegedly violating a state open meeting law by rejecting a union agreement in a private meeting.
Jun 25, 2026
Latest testing results show that 70% of Fresno Unified’s kindergarteners — 3,074 students out of 4,364 — have achieved mastery in foundational literacy skills measured by a grade-level assessment, exceeding the 62.5% target the district set for June 2026.
Jun 25, 2026
San Diego Unified became the latest school district to place greater restrictions on screens in classrooms, as screens and educational technology have faced mounting scrutiny across the country.
Jun 25, 2026
In a twist to the ongoing dysfunction within the Oakland school district, the superintendent’s chief of staff, a former city councilwoman, mysteriously stopped showing up for work several weeks ago and on Wednesday morning submitted her resignation after six months on the job.
Jun 25, 2026
The Sylvan Union School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to put a $70 million bond measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. The last time the district passed a bond measure was 20 years ago for $40 million.
Jun 25, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban classroom screen time before second grade and has enacted limited use for older students, under a pioneering policy approved Tuesday by the school board that reflects growing backlash from parents and educators who are concerned about an over-reliance on computers and technology in K-12 learning.
Jun 25, 2026
Andrés Chait has been named superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District three days after the resignation of Alberto Carvalho in a lightning-speed transition that elevates a well-liked insider to the top of the nation’s second-largest school system.
Jun 25, 2026
Before Michaella Huck graduated from high school in 2018, she struggled with depression and anxiety and didn’t know where to get help. She’d hear stories of students who died on “suicide hill” in her Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro.
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