Turnover this year appears to be particularly high, and a new group of less experienced school district leaders are replacing the outgoing administrators.
Cal State officials offered a 5% increase for each of the next three years, although those raises are not guaranteed. The union plans to strike at four campuses.
So far this year, 110 bills seeking to restrict discussion of race, U.S. history and LGBTQ people in schools and colleges have been introduced in state legislatures.
In response, one suburban school got tough: 5 “mental health days” per year and a ban on participating in extracurriculars if a student is not in class that day.