Alameda County students outperform state averages in English, math and science
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Also, the county’s ELA and math scores are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.
Bay Area
UC Berkeley taps Victoria Coleman to lead new Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames
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Construction on the $2 billion, 36-acre Berkeley Space Center at Moffett Field in Silicon Valley is expected to start in 2026.Education
UCLA reclaims hundreds of research grants that Trump cut off over alleged antisemitism
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Even more funding is at stake going forward for UC campuses.Education
California colleges lost millions in humanities purge. Their projects might not recover
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Terminated projects covered a wide variety of topics, from digitizing the history of Catherine the Great at the University of Southern California to the creation of a minor in human rights and border studies at San Diego State University.Education
Ethnic studies was supposed to start in California schools. What happened?
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The state never allotted money for the course, which would have been required for high school graduation starting in 2030.Education
More California high school seniors applied for college financial aid this year than last
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About 340,000 California students completed a financial aid application, up about 11% over last year.commentary
The Oakland Public Education Fund needs your help
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Maya Guzdar (PHS ‘18) invites Piedmonters to support OUSD by attending the Oakland Grown Student Art & Music Festival on October 25.California
Where’s the chemistry? Nation’s Report Card shows waning 8th-grade interest in science
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Science uses hands-on and experiential learning, which was hard to replicate during the years of the pandemic and remote learning.budget
OUSD’s budget worse off than once thought; cash reserve plummets as deficits deepen
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The unrestricted general fund, showing a 53% decrease from just one year ago, signals difficult choices ahead.California
Californians asked to track monarch butterfly sightings to help save declining population
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The 29th annual Western Monarch Count starts in October.Education