Jan 6, 2025 · The Social Security Fairness Act, signed by President Joe Biden on Sunday, will increase retirement benefits for many educators and other public sector workers, including nearly 290,000 in California.. The act repeals both the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset laws, which reduced Social Security benefits for workers who are entitled to public pensions, such as ...

Jan 8, 2025 · A note about our coverage. The new administration has big plans, any of which could have a major impact on California education. But could is the key word. So, we will stay on top of what’s happening and it will inform our coverage as it affects California.

Jan 6, 2025 · State Attorney General Rob Bonta recently released updated guidelines and model policies about what K-12 schools, colleges and universities can and cannot do under state and federal law, regarding keeping immigrant students and families’ data private, when to allow an immigration enforcement officer on campus, how to respond to the detention or deportation of a student’s family member, and ...

The California Department of Education (CDE) released test score results from the 2024 Smarter Balanced assessments of math and English language arts on Oct. 10th for tests taken by students in the spring of 2024.

Jan 2, 2025 · Many colleges and universities in California are currently expanding the ways students can receive credit for prior learning, an increasingly popular practice of awarding college credit to students for knowledge they acquired outside a college setting.

Sep 30, 2024 · Over the last decade, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators have poured billions of dollars of state money into special grants and programs to recruit, train and retain educators in order to ease the state’s persistent teacher shortage.

News Brief. Thursday January 9, 2025 9:05 am. LA-area colleges and universities close, curtail in-person classes as wildfires spread. Several Los Angeles-area colleges and universities have closed their campuses or otherwise curtailed in-person operations as multiple fast-moving wildfires forced thousands to evacuate, triggered power shutoffs and prompted air quality advisories in the region.

Oct 29, 2024 · Este artículo está disponible en Español. Léelo en español.. College applications are open for the fall 2025 term, and deadlines are looming.

Nov 19, 2024 · Credit: Andrew Reed / EdSource. West Contra Costa school board slashes staffing to avoid deficit . Monica Velez. Between 2024 and 2027 West Contra Costa Unified has to reduce costs by $32.7 million or risk going insolvent.

See below for the statewide California Smarter Balanced results for tests which were taken by students in the spring of 2023, and reported by EdSource.The tests form part of the state's California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP.