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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond vowed on Friday to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which he said represented a “clear threat to what our students need to have a good education and a great life.” Read more: https://bit.ly/40K645X

The Los Angeles Unified School District board will go through a drastic change in leadership this election cycle — with three of its seven seats up for grabs. 

“If we thought teaching was hard yesterday, wait for today’s questions like, “Is Trump going to send me back to the gangs?” and “Is he going to deport my mother/father/brother/cousin?” wrote teacher Larry Ferlazzo on X Wednesday.

The victory of Proposition 2 will authorize the first state bond for school construction since 2016 and replenish state funding that had run dry. Read more: https://bit.ly/3YFVB8I

Donald Trump's election could have major implications for California and its students. The president-elect has promised to deport undocumented immigrants and to cut funding to schools with 'woke' policies. Read more: https://bit.ly/4feRSpT

At Fresno State and the other California State University campuses, we must do a better job of keeping students on the graduation track. Unfortunately, the system's 2025 graduation initiative is falling short. Researchers Calstate are looking for ways to stop students from 'leaking out of the pipeline.' This story in EdSource by Amy DiPierro shows the data that researchers are looking at as they craft a plan to get students through the graduation process graduated and successful in their after-college careers. https://lnkd.in/g9eNZHnV California State University, Fresno San Diego State University San Jose State University

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OPINION by Louis Freedberg: After attending a school board candidates’ forum organized by students in Oakland last week — and speaking to the candidates vying for their votes, I now have a different view.   I’m convinced that having young people involved in school board politics and decision-making is more than just a nice idea.

Take a look at examples of policies that, depending on who wins the presidency, could change the nation's educational system. Read more: https://bit.ly/48GiBZR #Election2024 #ElectionDay

“Essentially, we focus on students informing themselves and using their own ideology to decide what is best,” said Juan Resendez, a U.S. Government and Economics teacher at Portola High in Irvine Unified School District. He has found that students, unlike some of their parents, are open when forming their political beliefs. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fhBbdl