Struggling Bay Area Schools Get New Life as Badly Needed Child Care Centers
As school districts across California grapple with falling enrollment and rising expenses, experts say this kind of conversion could help…
California School Districts Plead With Newsom to Restore Budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a delay in $5.6 billion in education funding, as school districts across the Bay Area…
California’s Home Insurance Market Is in Crisis. Can a New Insurance Commissioner Fix It?
As home insurance gets harder to find and more expensive to keep, California voters have the opportunity to pick a…
Is Canvas Still Down? Bay Area Schools Slowly Restore Access After Global Hack
The crippling cyberattack against Canvas, a widely used online learning platform, underscores the security vulnerabilities of education technology, experts said.
Preschools Struggle As Transitional Kindergarten Grows
Here are the morning's top stories on Friday, May 10, 2024: Several state bills pending in Sacramento this week seek…
As Transitional Kindergarten Grows, Hundreds of Child Care Centers Close
Experts say their closures worsened the shortage of licensed child care space in California for kids younger than 4 years…
He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway
Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the…
Canvas Hack: Instructure Agrees to Ransom Deal in Exchange for Stolen Data
The actors behind a major educational data breach received email addresses, enrollment information and messages from the program’s customers, which…
Oakland Approves Police Contract With Israeli Intelligence Firm for Phone Searches
Bay Area civil rights groups criticized the move, citing privacy concerns and use of the technology in military operations in…
Santa Clara County DA Barred From Retrying Pro-Palestinian Stanford Protesters
A Santa Clara County judge has barred District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office from retrying a vandalism case against…