After issuing thousands of preliminary layoff notices, drafting budgets with deep cuts and listening to sky-is-falling scenarios that would shorten the school year by a month, California schools now face a startling possibility: There actually may be the same amount of money as this year.
Los Angeles Unified officials are expected to announce that they only need six furlough days from all employees to save most threatened jobs and programs, officials close to the negotiations said.
It wasn't the main narrative of Monday's school funding protests, but chances are it's in just about every reporter's story (mine included): Republicans agree to give educators the money they want for the coming year.
The University of California may not be able to admit every qualified California student if the state imposes deeper budget cuts, university officials say. Such students have been guaranteed admission under the state’s Master Plan for Education.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday began laying out the possible consequences of balancing California's remaining $15.4 billion budget deficit solely through spending cuts - including a doubling of University of California tuition - as he pushes for a compromise with Republicans on his proposal for a special election on taxes.
Jerry Brown has named the wife of one of his top advisers to the state Board of Education. Ilene Straus was named to the board Tuesday, replacing Brown's earlier pick, Louis “Bill” Honig.
When California Gov.-elect Jerry Brown convenes an education summit at UCLA Tuesday, it’s unlikely he’ll receive anything close to the angry welcome Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, got last week.
The Democrat calls for changing the state's end-of-year testing system so teachers receive results quickly, and he backs increasing the amount of spending on colleges.
A billboard heading into Sacramento off Interstate 5 expresses the California Teachers Association's dissatisfaction with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.A fresh billboard heading into Sacramento off Interstate 5 showcases the Cali
California may soon take a stand against proposed changes to social studies textbooks ordered by the Texas school board, as a way to prevent them from being incorporated in California texts.
