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Education

Santa Ana to drop contested ethnic studies courses to settle closely watched lawsuit

By John Fensterwald | Edsource | February 21, 2025
The settlement in response to allegations of Brown Act violations and antisemitic course content could serve as a model to avoid similar lawsuits.
California

New Stanford database tracks learning loss, gain in California and districts nationwide

By John Fensterwald | EdSource | February 11, 2025
See where Piedmont stacks up.
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California school districts are weighed down by new costs of old sexual assaults

By John Fensterwald | EdSource | February 10, 2025
For alleged incidents dating back as far as the 1970s, districts may face at least $2 billion in claims from hundreds of lawsuits from 2019 state law.
Education

California still lags behind pre-pandemic reading and math scores on national assessment

By John Fensterwald | Edsource | January 29, 2025
There was no pandemic recovery on NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, nationwide and in nearly all states.
Education

Anatomy of a divided California school board’s vote on ethnic studies

By John Fensterwald | Edsource | January 27, 2025
A slim majority on the Palo Alto school board favored delaying an ethnic studies course. Then teachers and students changed one mind.
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Gov. Newsom proposes stable school funding in 2025-26 with an ominous warning

By John Fensterwald | Edsource | January 10, 2025
School districts would get a small cost-of-living increase and $500 million to train math and literacy coaches; UC and CSU would face as much as an 8% cut.
California

Judge rejects lawsuit over ‘liberated’ ethnic studies classes in LAUSD

By John Fensterwald | EdSource | December 5, 2024
Jewish teachers and parents allege an antisemitic curriculum is being pushed.
Education

First forecast for 2025-26 school funding: More money with a twist

By John Fensterwald | Edsource | November 20, 2024
Higher revenues than predicted will likely produce a modest increase in funding in 2025-26 for TK-12 schools and community colleges.
Education

California voters say yes to $10 billion school construction bond

By John Fensterwald and Michael Burke | Edsource | November 6, 2024
Proposition 2 will provide matching money for TK-12 modernization and new construction projects, plus more building aid for community colleges.
California

‘Liberated’ ethnic studies courses challenged amid allegations of antisemitism

By John Fensterwald | EdSource | August 30, 2024
At issue is whether or not the Brown Act was violated in creating the curriculum for this SoCal district.
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