October 22, 2018
(Calif.) While a case involving a California school district and student who relies on medical marijuana to treat her seizure disorder is now settled in favor of the child, legal experts say administrators facing similar issues can’t apply the ruling to their schools.
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October 22, 2018
(Mo.) With the U.S. Supreme Court back at full strength and the conservative justices in firm control, the question of which bathrooms transgender students can use on a public school campus is very likely to resurface.
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October 17, 2018
(Ariz.) A new study shows that security cameras in schools can either make students feel safer or more vulnerable–it all depends upon where on campus they are installed.
October 17, 2018
(Calif.) With the first quarter of the fiscal year in the books, revenue collections for the state have exceeded expectations by slightly more than $1 billion, producing an overall total of $27.5 billion.
October 16, 2018
(Calif.) Two out of every three students in California cannot read at grade-level–something literacy advocates say will hold children back in every aspect of their lives, unless it can be addressed early on.
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.
