Denver groups work to reduce migration by improving Guatemalans’ lives

Denver groups work to reduce migration by improving Guatemalans’ lives

JOCOTENANGO, Guatemala — On a quiet cobblestone street in a town 90 minutes outside of Guatemala City, class was in session for hundreds of young Guatemalans on a Monday morning. Children in kindergarten through ninth grade moved through the open-air courtyard of the free private school for disadvantaged students, which is run by a global … Read more

South Bay residents challenge new trustee election system for Fremont Union High School District

South Bay residents challenge new trustee election system for Fremont Union High School District

The Fremont Union High School District — which includes parts of Cupertino, Los Altos, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga and Sunnyvale — is implementing a new system for electing trustees to avoid a potential voting rights lawsuit, a move that has some residents upset. The district is planning to transition from its at-large election process, … Read more

Students’ civil rights violated at 3 schools, lawyers say

Students’ civil rights violated at 3 schools, lawyers say

RICHMOND — John F. Kennedy High School was so flush with teachers in the 1960s and ’70s that staff boasted of their pioneering food services training program and nationally ranked speech and debate team, alongside typical core classes and extracurricular activities. Now, there are so few bodies on campus that current educators like Raka Ray, … Read more

Cough? Sore throat? More US schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway

Cough? Sore throat? More US schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS | AP Education Writer Trenace Dorsey-Hollins’ 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school guidelines and kept her home when she had a cough or a sore throat — or worse — until she was completely better. Near the end of the year, the school in Fort Worth, … Read more

Cursive writing returns to California classrooms in 2024

Cursive writing returns to California classrooms in 2024

Sierra Rivera and her older sister, Dahlia, were thrilled at the idea of baking up a batch of their grandmother’s pumpkin cookies last month for Thanksgiving, but when their dad gave them the handwritten recipe, they froze. Letters of each word gracefully flowed from one to the next in a style familiar to those of … Read more

‘Pervasive pornography,’ vulgarity, profanity banned by California school board

‘Pervasive pornography,’ vulgarity, profanity banned by California school board

Pervasive pornography, erotica and “inappropriate vulgarity or profanity” are banned from instructional materials under policy changes passed by Temecula’s school board Tuesday night, Dec. 12. The Temecula Valley Unified School District board’s 3-2 vote followed discussion over the policy’s timing and criticism from residents who fear the policy will censor valuable lessons and classic literature. … Read more

Pro-Palestinian teach-in held at dozens of Oakland schools

Pro-Palestinian teach-in held at dozens of Oakland schools

Defying district leaders and disciplinary threats, about 100 educators took part Wednesday in a teach-in across Oakland Unified School District, bringing a curriculum focused on the Palestinian “liberation struggle” to students ages 4 to 18. “This is just the beginning,” said Judy Greenspan, a long-term substitute teacher at Oakland’s United for Success Academy, a middle … Read more