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Kids increasingly turn to AI before adults for help with school and life, study finds
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Common Sense Media surveyed 1,200 children nationwide.education
California school districts battle for $3.9 billion they argue is due now, not later
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Gov. Newsom warns it's prudent to hold back the funding in case a flood of expected new money dries up; school districts disagree.College
UC freshmen increasingly are not ready for college math. Some professors want to require the SAT again
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Other faculty disagree and say the exams would only serve to benefit affluent students. UC stopped requiring the standardized exams in 2020.Education
California high schools begin preparing for mandatory personal finance classes
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California will require all high schools to offer a personal finance course starting in 2027-28, and all students must take the class beginning with the graduating class of 2031.Bay Area
UC Berkeley law dean argues for increased resistance to Trump’s attacks on free speech
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Dean Erwin Chemerinsky spoke at the UC Berkeley Art, Law and Finance Symposium on June 4.Bay Area
Effort to get California dropouts to finish degrees yields promising results, study says
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Nearly 6 million Californians have college credit without degrees.Bay Area
California’s next governor to tackle major education decisions
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New superintendent of public instruction may have a reduced role.Education
National teachers union president calls for screen bans, AI limits in schools
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The plan includes prohibiting AI use by elementary students and chatbots for all students under 16 years of age.California
