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West Contra Costa Unified loses big chunk of federal grant to support students’ mental health
TOP TAKEAWAYS West Contra Costa Unified anticipates receiving only about $600,000 of the $4.2 million it was awarded last year. […]
May 1, 2025
Why isn’t Los Angeles Unified settling this lawsuit on arts funding?
My time on the high school football field was spent with a snare drum strapped around my chest. As a […]
May 1, 2025
Visa uncertainty hits California community colleges’ international students
Top Takeaways About 14,000 international students attend California’s community colleges, many of them in the Bay Area. Community colleges charge […]
May 1, 2025
Numerous districts don’t heed federal advice to bar police from enforcing school rules
Policing experts say that discipline is the responsibility of school administrators, not law enforcement. Many California school districts’ contracts for […]
April 30, 2025
Resource officers’ ‘position of trust’ with students sometimes exploited
Last year, a Washington Post investigation identified more than 200 school police officers across the country “who were charged with […]
April 30, 2025
Why — and how — some California schools bounced back five years after the pandemic
California’s students have struggled in the five years since the pandemic closed schools. But kids in many schools are bouncing […]
April 29, 2025
How one rural county pays for its resource officers
While some districts commit millions of dollars to resource officers, others struggle to find funding. Trinity County, population 16,500, has […]
April 29, 2025
Parents of truant students won’t face jail, sanctions under new bill
Top takeaways Bill seeks to repeal criminal misdemeanor offense of state’s truancy law. CalWORKs sanctions over student truancy would be […]
April 28, 2025
7 Questions with Dr. Simon Atkinson
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April 28, 2025