June 28, 2019
After 10 years publishing news for California’s education community, K-12 Daily is shutting its doors. We want to thank our readers for sticking by us as we grew from a fledgling operation into a go-to source for breaking down issues impacting schools in our state and throughout the country–and once more as we transitioned from being the Cabinet Report to K-12 Daily.
As always, thank you for reading!
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June 27, 2019
(Calif.) Flip through a typical textbook on California history cover-to-cover and you’ll see mention of Cesar Chavez, but you probably won’t find mention of Harry Gamboa–a young man who lead walkouts in the 1960s from Los Angeles schools in protest of high dropout rates, crumbling facilities, and lack of Mexican American teachers.
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June 26, 2019
(District of Columbia) School districts throughout the country are likely reporting far fewer occurrences of restraint and seclusion than have been happening, according to a new study, which found even some of the largest districts reported no instances.
June 25, 2019
(Calif.) Following years of requests made by students and advocacy groups, the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education voted last week to end the practice of random searches using handheld metal detectors on campuses.
June 25, 2019
(Ala.) Before the 2019 session closed last week, lawmakers approved a record $7.1 billion education budget, a 4 percent pay raise for teachers and a new make-or-break reading test for third graders.
January 30, 2017
(Calif.) The recent alarm over the potential spread of fake news has prompted two California lawmakers to call for media literacy education in schools, as evidence shows that many children and some adults are largely unable to distinguish between fact and fiction online.
December 08, 2016
(Calif.) With the state’s fiscal outlook as good as it has been perhaps in a decade, and now with Democrats holding a supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, some within the education community might have thought a conversation over the adequacy of school funding would finally happen.
January 04, 2017
(Calif.) The California State Board of Education struggled at their November meeting to find a just route in arbitrating a small school district’s request to waive–for a fourth time–professional certification requirements of an educational interpreter.
November 21, 2016
(N.M.) As schools across the country report increases in bullying and harassment based on immigration status, Santa Fe Public Schools has announced a Student Support Helpline where families can access resources.
