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Rainy day fund would bail out schools, community colleges in Newsom’s 2024-25 state budget
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5% promised funding hikes for UC, CSU would be deferred for a year.California
California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training
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Abortion restrictions in 18 states have curtailed training in skills that doctors say are critical for OB-GYN specialists and others.California
Schools start new year with new laws covering everything from suspensions to school safety
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A round-up of new education legislation now in effect.Education
Cal State faculty union vows to strike over the university’s final pay offer
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University's 5% pay raise offer is well below the 12% sought by the union that represents faculty.Bay Area
California struggles to support personal, educational needs of children, report card finds
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The 2024 California Children’s Report Card was conducted by the organization Children Now.Arts & Entertainment
Advocates call for credentialing reforms to open K-12 instruction to arts educators
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For many artists, teaching is a dream gig, a way to enrich lives and stimulate critical thinking in a generation slammed by pandemic learning loss.Bay Area
Arrests made at Berkeley’s People’s Park as controversial construction restarts
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The plan calls for building housing for 1,100 students and a separate building with 100 apartments for low-income, formerly unhoused people.COVID-19
74 Interview: Why social media is being blamed for the youth suicide crisis
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Psychiatrist Laura Erickson-Schroth discusses addictive algorithms and other negative forces eroding kids’ mental health.Education
