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Lawmakers, Newsom and UC agree on new community college transfer plan, legislative leader says
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New compromise creates a pilot program to ease transfers from community colleges to the University of California.Education
Soaring chronic absenteeism in California schools is at ‘pivotal moment’
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Nearly a third of K-12 students statewide were chronically absent in 2020-21, more than three times the pre-pandemic rate.education
Gov. Newsom poised to sign legislation to counter book bans and school boards’ censorship
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Bill will create complaint system, state intervention to thwart FAIR Act violations.Bay Area
570 California schools targeted for low vaccination rates
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More than half of Oakland Unified’s 48 elementary schools and eight of its schools serving seventh graders are on the audit list for 2022-23.College
Restraining order in Chico State threat case ‘warranted, necessary and justified,’ judge rules
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Tentative ruling could end the academic career of suspended biology professor David Stachura.Bay Area
Study: California’s K-12 funding overhaul worked as designed
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Equity-based funding caused big jumps in student performance in the highest-poverty school districts, says UC Berkeley economist Rucker Johnson.California
Gov. Newsom signs executive order for a master plan for career education
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The order emphasizes building connections between education institutions and employers in addition to between educational agencies.Education
Why new UC Berkeley housing law, if approved, won’t clear the way to build dorms yet
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Even if the proposal passes, its fate lies in the hands of the state Supreme Court.California
