budget SFUSD partially lifts hiring freeze it imposed when state assumed oversight last year By Pete Young | Bay City News | May 4, 2025 Hiring has been frozen since May 2024, when the state Department of Education increased oversight of SFUSD’s budget.
News Ed Dept. axes $1B mental health program designed to thwart school shootings By Mark Keierleber | The 74 | May 1, 2025 The grant program, which helped train school counselors, is the latest target in Trump’s war on DEI.
Education Oakland teachers call off Thursday strike following agreement to restore jobs By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 1, 2025 The agreement restores budget cuts critical to retaining more than 120 experienced high school teachers at some of the district’s school sites.
Education Oakland school board ousts superintendent as district emerges from state receivership By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | April 26, 2025 The decision was met with cheers and jeers.
Education Fraud in California community colleges triggers call for Trump investigation By Adam Echelman | CalMatters | April 25, 2025 A rare moment of bipartisan concern after a report that fake students have stolen more than $13 million in combined state and federal financial aid.
Education Federal courts block education department from pulling funds over DEI By Linda Jacobson | The 74 | April 24, 2025 US Department of Education is going after DEI practices without providing an actual definition of what constitutes DEI or DEI practice.
Education Trump policy targeting immigrants shuts California students out of federal programs By Adam Echelman | CalMatters | April 17, 2025 Community colleges, which enroll the majority of the state’s students, have largely avoided the administration’s ire, until recently.
Bay Area Pro-Palestinian protesters face charges in alleged break-in at Stanford University By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | April 14, 2025 The Santa Clara County DA is arguing that the occupation was a calculated, premeditated breach, carefully planned by organizers.
California California colleges worried about tuition loss as international student visas are terminated By Amy DiPierro and Michael Burke | EdSource | April 13, 2025 In most cases, students who had their visas terminated were not given explanations.
COVID-19 Trump canceled millions in California school grants. The state is suing to reclaim the money By Carolyn Jones | Cal Matters | April 10, 2025 The money was already approved by Congress, yet the Trump administration overstepped its authority.