After 10 years publishing news for California’s education community, K-12 Daily is shutting its doors. We want to thank our readers for sticking by us as we grew from a fledgling operation into a go-to source for breaking down issues impacting schools in our state and throughout the country–and once more as we transitioned from being the Cabinet Report to K-12 Daily. As always, thank you for reading ..read more

(Calif.) Flip through a typical textbook on California history cover-to-cover and you’ll see mention of Cesar Chavez, but you probably won’t find mention of Harry Gamboa–a young man who lead walkouts in the 1960s from Los Angeles schools in protest of high dropout rates, crumbling facilities, and lack of Mexican American teachers ..read more

(N.Y.) In what would be an unprecedented act of intervention, legislation pending in Albany would install a state-appointed panel to oversee the long-troubled Hempstead Union School District ..read more

(Calif.) Even with turbulence in the stock market and unsettling international trade relations, California state coffers will likely end the 2018-19 fiscal year well ahead of predictions made just a few weeks ago ..read more

(District of Columbia) School districts throughout the country are likely reporting far fewer occurrences of restraint and seclusion than have been happening, according to a new study, which found even some of the largest districts reported no instances ..read more

(Calif.) Following years of requests made by students and advocacy groups, the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education voted last week to end the practice of random searches using handheld metal detectors on campuses ..read more

(Ala.) Before the 2019 session closed last week, lawmakers approved a record $7.1 billion education budget, a 4 percent pay raise for teachers and a new make-or-break reading test for third graders ..read more

(Calif.) Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to have won two key policy debates related to special education funding and a new plan for fixing the state education data system ..read more

(Kan.) A new solar panel system is helping one Kansas high school save money, reduce carbon emissions, and promote climate science education in the classroom ..read more

(Calif.) Lawmakers are pushing a second time to promote college readiness and reduce testing in high school by allowing districts to use university admission assessments in place of the current standard statewide exam ..read more