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Credit: Allison Shelley / EDUimages Former governor Jerry Brown headlines a party next week toasting the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), California’s ten-year-old reshaping of school finance, the nation’s most ambitious effort to target public investment toward narrowing disparities in student achievement. In 2013, Brown and the Legislature recast state funding to shift dollars toward […]

The center photo features Tom Boroujeni, Fresno City College academic senate president. Credit: Mark Tabay, Fresno City College & Fresno State/Facebook A Fresno City College communication instructor and president of the school’s academic senate was found to have committed an “act of sexual violence” against a professor and former colleague at nearby Fresno State University,

Dolores Huerta Elementary principal Estela Lopez. Credit: Mallika Seshadri / EdSource When Estela Lopez was about 7 years old, her brother told her she could join in on an adventure — provided she stayed strong, followed instructions and didn’t cry.  After school one day, Lopez and her older brother trekked across the street to their

Middle school history teachers discuss their lesson plans for teaching about the Great Depression. Credit: Allison Shelley / American Education My first year of teaching was the worst year of my life.  I remember preparing for the new school year, prepping my classroom and making lesson plans. If you know the Central Valley of California,

Chico State University followed proper procedures in how it handled the sex investigation of suspended professor David Stachura and its lengthy aftermath, including not informing faculty and students that Stachura allegedly threatened gun violence on campus, an independent investigation has found. The 20-page report by San Diego lawyer Nancy Aeling was released late Monday afternoon

Credit: Allison Shelley / EDUimages After a contentious road to approve a new set of statewide guidelines on teaching students math, California officials must still figure out how to support school districts with implementation. The 2023 Math Framework, which the State Board of Education passed in July, is a 1,000-page document that details what many