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Hundreds of San Diego State students protest in support of Palestinians on April 30, 2024. Credit: Jazlyn Dieguez / EdSource The University of California disclosed Tuesday that it has $32 billion invested in assets that pro-Palestinian protesters demand the university divest, including weapons manufacturers that sell to Israel. The university, however, has no plans to […]

Yin Yang /iStock Addressing and preventing sex discrimination and sexual harassment on college campuses continues to be one of the most foundational challenges to improving campus climate at higher education institutions in our country. In the fall of 2021, as the Biden-Harris administration began its reexamination of Title IX, the federal regulation that prohibits discrimination

Cannabis has been legal in the state of California since 2016. With California universities adopting cannabis courses that allow students to explore all facets of the developing industry, federal roadblocks that restrict what kinds of courses can be offered remain. What kinds of cannabis courses can California colleges offer? Since legalization, several of California’s public universities

credit: Allie Palomera from SCCOE Zaida Ramos first learned the magic of mariachi from her father when she was a little girl. Now they make music together, running the bilingual music program for San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School District. Her father, Juan, is the maestro, the music director. She’s the program director. The father

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 10, 2024. Credit: AP Photo / Rich Pedroncelli Despite a further deterioration in state revenues, Gov. Gavin Newsom again pledged Friday to protect ongoing funding and the large-scale initiatives for TK-12 schools that he has set in motion.

Pro-Palestinian encampment encroaches on the stage and grass area where commencement is planned for Sunday at Pomona College. Credit: Michael Burke / EdSource At Pomona College in eastern Los Angeles County, commencement ceremonies are scheduled to take place this weekend on the college’s central Marston Quad, with events planned Friday through Sunday. But as of

Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel and Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley at the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on May 8, 2024. Credit: YouTube A first-term California congressman sparred with the superintendent of Berkeley Unified and denounced the district’s choice of a consultant to create an ethnic studies curriculum during a House

Tenured communication instructor Tom Boroujeni, who is on involuntary administrative leave, spoke at the May 8, 2024, Fresno City College Academic Senate meeting, in which the senate voted on removing him as president. Lasherica Thornton/ EdSource This story has been updated with the exact number of yes, no and abstention votes counted. The membership secretary

Samuel N. Brown, Allen Burnett, Charlie Praphatananda and Dara Yin have stories to tell. Their time in prison was shrouded by their reality. Three of the four were charged with murder and sentenced to life without parole. It’s what one of them, who entered prison at 20, describes as death by incarceration. The documentary, “College

Members of UTLA and SEIU Local 99 rally outside of Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters on May 7, 2024. Credit: Delilah Brumer / EdSource Thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and employees took to the street outside the district headquarters on Beaudry Avenue — demanding an end to what they describe as the