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California has a teacher shortage, but the education pipeline is flowing with fresh ideas.
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Development will allow teachers, ESPs to live where they work
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From its origins in 1982, the California Basic Educational Skills Test, which purports to measure the universal reading, writing and math skills needed to perform in all the varied public school jobs requiring credentials, has been controversial for deterring tens of thousands of educators of color from entering the public school workforce.
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High school students' scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test.
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The bill would provide educators with a pay increase if it passes. Unions, however, worry it will inevitably be tied to the Senate's school voucher proposal.
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California has earned the dubious honor of having the worst bullying problem in the U.S., according to a new study.
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California has new guidelines for teaching math in public schools.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning the practice in the state's public schools, starting in July
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“It makes you feel helpless, and like there’s nothing you can do except pay.”
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We asked fourth and fifth graders about how they think about kindness—and they were particularly attuned to compassion and inclusion.
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Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.
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Soon after the surprise Hamas attack on Israel this past weekend, the San Diego County Office of Education released a memo with a list of resources that educators and parents can use to help young children and adolescents think and talk about this international crisis that as of late Monday had claimed more than 1,500 casualties and caused some of the greatest violence the region has seen in years.
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As soon as Jenna Hewitt King asked students in her senior English class for newcomers to introduce themselves, she knew she was in over her head.
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Many of us remember the school spirit days of simpler times: Pajama Day, Wacky Wednesday, Superhero Day, or Ugly Sweater Day.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill on Sunday that would have made free condoms available to all public high school students, arguing it was too expensive for a state with a budget deficit of more than $30 billion.
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