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California schools that need foreign workers for teacher jobs cant afford Trumps new visa fee

President Trumps $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens Californias ability to fill critical teacher shortages in special education and bilingual programs.

His students suddenly started getting As. Did a Google AI tool go too far?

Some now say that AI tools, particularly Lens, have made it impossible to enforce academic integrity in the classroomwith potentially harmful long-term effects on students learning.

Trump administration to audit California sex education curriculum for medical accuracy

The Trump administration is reviewing a California sex ed program for medical accuracy and age appropriateness, drawing backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates concerned about censorship of queer and trans health content.

Bugs and bubble breaths: How new teacher training peers into the mind of a 4-year-old

When California launched its historic expansion of public education in 2020 with the addition of a new grade level TK, short for transitional kindergarten a key component was missing: teacher training to understand how the 4-year-old brain learns.

Students scoff at a school cellphone ban. Until they really begin to think about it

After the initial shock and an absolute no is voiced by many teenage students, more nuanced thoughts emerge: Maybe we are falling into social media and cellphone addiction. Maybe all the distractions and the obsession with likes are bad for us. Maybe we need some relief.

Powerful unions allege schools are misusing arts education money, demand state intervention

In aletter to Gov. Gavin Newsomand other state officials, Beutner and the unions claim that some school districts are taking funding, approved by voters in November 2022, to expand arts education and are using it for other purposes.

Teachers union drops support for LAUSD candidate, citing offensive social media activity

The L.A. County Federation of Labor also has suspended campaign activities on behalf of Kahllid Al-Alim. The labor federation had reported spending no funds on his behalf, but its actionon behalf of the countys union movementis symbolically notable.

How mega-spending and alleged scandals could influence LAUSD school board elections

As two leading Los Angeles school board candidates grapple with blows to their campaignsantisemitic tweets for one and an investigation that temporarily removed another from her counseling joboutside groups continue to flood races with spending to win influence over the nations second-largest school system.

As teen suicide spikes, school policies may be making things worse

Suicide has been a leading cause of death for young people for at least the last half-century. But in the early 2000s, those deaths began to surge and experts have struggled to explain why even as the age at which children kill themselves has been falling.

This California school board president has 2 DUIs and cusses. And, no, he’s not resigning

Matthew Serafin, 31, was elected to the board of Val Verde Unified School District in 2016. He was arrested by Riverside County deputies Aug. 27 after he allegedly crashed into an unoccupied parked car