The Culver City Unified School District’s Board of Education voted June 4 to create its first ever cabinet-level position dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion.
School districts are handling increased retirements well so far. That could change.
School districts would receive $15 million to help diversify their educator workforce under a bill that passed the Assembly Education Committee on Monday.
Some Piedmont Unified School District employees will receive free child care through the Recreation Department following a vote by the City Council last week.
“Longstanding shortages, which are often most acute in high-need fields and high-need schools, appear to be growing more severe due to a range of pandemic-related factors, including rising early retirements and resignations and a reduced pipeline of incoming teachers,” according to a new report from the Learning Policy Institute.
In a survey, most cited the COVID-19 pandemic.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced a 27.2% net return on investments for the 2020–21 fiscal year, far exceeding the expectation of 7%.
California school districts will be discouraged from allowing students to take advanced math courses under proposed changes to the California Mathematics Framework.
California will spend a record $93.7 billion from its general fund on education this year under the 2021-22 budget bill passed by the Legislature.
California voters have rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have reinstated affirmative action in college admissions processes in California.
The state has found itself defending another lawsuit over coronavirus precautions and schools, only this time the issue is over face masks instead of closures.