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12 Educational Facts About ‘Abbott Elementary’
The hit comedy doesn’t shy away from the struggles underpaid and overworked teachers face.
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Reading With Rampage
The LA Rams took over Lucille J. Smith Elementary School for a pep rally to celebrate reading featuring Rams mascot, and author Rampage.
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Solano students, teachers prepare for the ‘big one’
According to www.shakeout.org there was more than 56 million people participating in the drill globally.
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Is Scholastic letting schools exclude books on race and LGBTQ issues at its fairs?
Book fair season is here, and controversy is swirling around a new diversity collection that Scholastic is allowing schools to opt into or out of at its pop-up sale events. 
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California school district policy 'outing' trans pupils blocked by judge
A judge has blocked part of a policy in a California school district that would require teachers to 'out' trans students to their parents.
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Enrollment drop to force closing of many California schools
A well-meaning but vague law could make it very difficult to shutter schools. State officials need to make sure districts follow best practices in such decisions.
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What Is Tenure for Teachers?
A policy that’s both common and controversial.
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EXCLUSIVE: Students trained to support BLM, other movements in California school district
California school district is requiring students to draft social media posts in support of social movements, sparking outrage with a parents' rights group.
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Is elementary school free in California?
Elementary school is free in California: a basic right for all children
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Our public schools are a national disaster
Perhaps what’s most distressing about the latest collapse in high school test scores is that no one seems to be very distressed.
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California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond-Sponsored Bills to Combat Teacher Shortage and Youth Opioid Crisis Signed into Law
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond celebrated the signing this week of several pieces of legislation he sponsored and supported, including measures that would help alleviate the teacher shortage, invest in bilingual teachers, and combat the youth opioid crisis.
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Cursive handwriting to be taught in California schools
Children in first through sixth grade will now be required to learn cursive handwriting after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 446 into law on Oct. 13.
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Flat test scores leave California far behind pre-Covid levels of achievement
In the second year fully back in school after remote learning, California school districts made negligible progress overall in reversing the steep declines in test scores that have lingered since Covid struck in 2020.
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California’s education system is based on spending more money, not getting better results
I’ve recently been investing in some long-deferred maintenance at my home and it should be no surprise to anyone that I’ve sought to receive as much quality work done for as little money as possible.
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Fresno Unified offers ‘historic’ benefits to teachers union. Why there’s still no deal
Fresno Unified and the district's teacher's union still don't have a deal and remain at odds over how much progress has been made in the days leading up to the union's strike vote this week.
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