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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently updated its COVID-19 related guidance for K-12 schools for the 2022-23 school year. What you need to

How have the state’s school districts spent the $40 billion in federal and state funding to help them cope with COVID? A recent analysis revealed

Today’s superintendents are facing an impossible job amid unprecedented political chaos and public dynamics. For over the past two years, they have had a difficult

To help keep the school operating after the Slater Fire burned through Happy Camp the fall of 2020, the school built a mobile home park

An unprecedented amount of funding is being pumped into a public school system experiencing declining enrollment, educator shortages, and educational achievement gaps that only widened

With a national teacher shortage and rapidly rising rents, Jefferson Union High School District in San Mateo County’s Daly City is one of a few

New Survey Shows Another 1 in 4 Leaders Expect to ‘Leave Soon’ A new RAND survey of over 350 school districts found more than a quarter

El Cajon Valley Union School District’s fleet is the first V2G project to come online in the U.S. The eight electric-powered school buses can send

What is the scope and severity of the pandemic’s effect on K-12 schools? Harvard economist Tom Kane offered compelling evidence of COVID-related learning loss this

Topics covered in this month’s update include: Legislature Enters Final Month of Session AB 902 (O’Donnell) – Progressive Design-Build AB 1867 (Lee) – SFP Modernization

The recently approved State Budget includes $600 million for local educational agencies (LEAs) to spend on kitchen infrastructure upgrades, increasing a school’s capacity to prepare

California State Teachers’ Retirement System experienced a negative return on investments for the first time since the Great Recession in 2008. CalSTRS reported a minus 1.3%

By Travis Pillow & Bree Dusseault, The 74 Amid all the concern about staffing shortages in America’s schools, the continued strain is showing up in another key place:

By Nat Malkus, American Enterprise Institute Key Points The COVID-19 pandemic caused the largest enrollment declines in the history of American public schools. School districts’

By Laura Fay, The 74 In the Sandhills of Nebraska, acclaimed educator Megan Helberg is building a ‘woven community’ of travelers’ through Zoom, trips and