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As fear reverberates across the child-care industry amid ICE raids, providers and nannies are not only worried about their own safety but also the safety of the kids.
As fear over ICE raids mounts across Los Angeles, undocumented families are grappling with how to handle crucial conversations with their children.
California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.
A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s mass layoffs at the Education Department after California, Democrat-led states, school districts and education groups sued.
Public school enrollment for the current school year totaled 5,806,221 students, a decrease of 31,469 or 0.54% from the prior year, according to the California Department of Education.
USC held its commencement at the Coliseum on Thursday night, departing from decades of tradition that saw the ceremony unfold at the leafy center of campus.
Pregnant teachers don’t have access to as much paid leave as other pregnant workers. An LAUSD effort aims to change that.
The dismantling of the department has been unofficially in progress for weeks, but Trump’s impact on education already has been substantial in California.

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