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U.S. public schools see continuing enrollment drop
To boost enrollment, some school districts have come up with various strategies, such as admitting four-year-olds, launching marketing campaigns, hosting back-to-school fairs, and conducting door-to-door visits.
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Harvard-Westlake Named Best Private School In CA, No. 5 Nationally
LA County is home to three of the top 50 private high schools in the nation, according to a new ranking.
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31-year-old California teacher’s jobs give him ‘time,’ ‘freedom’ and $115,000 a year—here’s how he spends his money
Jae Byun loves his job as a high school math teacher and basketball coach. And he makes six figures doing it.
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California school district writes blueprint for nationwide teacher housing
As school districts build subsidized teacher housing to combat shortages, one Silicon Valley-area district has developed a "road map" to expand projects nationwide.
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California Raises the Bar on Climate-Friendly School Lunches
Schools across the state are leaning into plant-based meal options — good news for both kids’ nutrition and the planet.
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New California law gives the state more power over local school boards
One California school board president told FOX News Digital that the bill is a “blatant overreach"
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California Has a Critical Shortage of Black Teachers
Numerous studies have shown that Black teachers can improve Black students’ academic outcomes, but in California, where Black Students are the lowest performing sub-group of all ethnic groups, the state has an extremely low count of African American instructors working in school districts across the state.
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Call for Substitute Teachers Issued in California
Schools throughout California are struggling with teacher shortages. In an effort to help, Swing Education has launched a campaign to recruit substitute teachers so that schools will have enough staff to fill in for teacher vacancies.
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Early childhood teachers are hard to find. Oakland schools have a plan to ‘grow their own’
The new program comes at a time when early childhood education is suffering from low wages and staffing shortages.
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Judge blocks school district from enforcing LGBT policy against Christian teachers
A federal judge has blocked a California school district from forcing Christian teachers to follow a policy requiring school officials to refrain from telling parents that their children identify as the opposite sex.
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If We Want Better Schools, We Need to Be a Serious People
Our schools are failing not because of what happens in the classroom, but because of what happens—or more to the point, what doesn’t happen—at the dinner table. If we wish to be a serious people, then we must bolster our institutions with the power to humanize and domesticate the bedlam within us all.
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Deadly disasters are ravaging school communities in growing numbers. Is there hope ahead?
After one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, Philip Raya, his wife and two young children drove through the wreckage of Lahaina – looking at bodies and the ashes of the town they once called home – enroute to a new start on the other side of Maui.
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'You can't outearn stupidity': Dave Ramsey explains why teachers — with a median salary of $61K — become millionaires so often. And why doctors don't even crack the top 5
There is some justice for school teachers, who have the dubious distinction of playing a vital role in society while earning a comparatively low annual income.
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Teacher retirement benefits protection bill signed by Gov. Newsom
A bill seeking to protect the monthly benefits of retired public school teachers is set to become law after receiving approval from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Hit the snooze button: States debate later high school start times
Teens’ health and school performance improve with more sleep, research shows.
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