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California TK-12 enrollment ticks down, while number of homeless and poor students rises
Top Takeaways The 0.54% decline was steeper than last year but not as dramatic as the plunge at the peak […]
May 22, 2025
CFNC Launches Financial Aid Champions
(March 17, 2025) – CFNC is offering a new designation to recognize school counselors and college advisors following financial […]
May 22, 2025
Transitional kindergarten comes of age in California
Top Takeaways Transitional kindergarten, or TK, becomes available to all 4-year-olds in the fall. Smaller child-to-staff ratios, 10-to-1, are slated […]
May 21, 2025
Proactive campus policies, communication with students critical under ‘antagonistic’ federal actions, panel says
California universities’ core function of providing education remains intact despite questions about the future of higher education under the current […]
May 21, 2025
Court blocks Temecula Valley Unified from enforcing CRT ban
The Temecula Valley Unified School District can no longer implement its ban on critical race theory (CRT) as litigation moves […]
May 21, 2025
California schools prepare to introduce universal reading screening
Top Takeaways By June 30, California schools must choose one of four screening tests recommended by a state panel. Most […]
May 20, 2025
Trump proposals for students with disabilities create confusion and fear
Top Takeaways A proposal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to oversee special education draws criticism. Trump […]
May 19, 2025
Head Start offers path to success for children, families
Related Reading Head Start allies wait, worry about possible funding cuts May 14, 2025 Malaya Peterkin and other preschoolers sat […]
May 15, 2025
Head Start allies wait, worry about possible funding cuts
Video: Parents and a Head Start teacher express concern about potential budget cuts to the program. Head Start supporters were […]
May 14, 2025