Starting in 2023, middle- and high school students in California will start their school days later thanks to a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month.
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Mental health resources needed
When high schools throughout California were surveyed on the rate of suicidal ideation among their student population in 2017, the high percentages caused many districts to take a look at what they could do to better help their students. Collecting this data is crucial if districts want to ensure their students are mentally healthy and […]
School lunches need to be free
Ensuring students are well fed while they earn an education should be a top priority for any public school, but this is not the case for public schools in Rhode Island.
Commentary: Parental dress codes overstep boundaries
Carlotta Outley Brown, the principal of James Madison High School in Houston, Texas, has implemented a dress code policy for parents of enrolled students as of April 9.
Schools may ban cell phone use
A proposed state law would require school districts to restrict cell phone use during school hours.
Lecture offers new vision for higher education
Professor Emeritus of Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University John Cobb talked about the difference between the intellectual university and the scholarly university and his dream for what the nature of education should be at the annual Fasnacht Lecture Wednesday.
Conference calls for more diverse curriculum
La Fetra College of Education’s Center for Educational Equity and Intercultural Research held a conference about introducing more diversity into high school and higher education curricula Saturday in the Campus Center Ballroom.
First 2 years of college could be free
California Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to let some community college students off the hook for tuition for two full years.
Assembly bill could require full day kindergarten by ’21
A new assembly bill could require California public schools to implement full-day kindergarten programs by the year 2021.
Kids benefit from mental health care
There was a time in my life when I sat in front of the television for hours without moving. I would check to-do lists six times a night before sleeping but would still climb out of my bed and add to the ever-growing list on a chain of Post-it notes by the glow of a […]