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UPDATE: California community colleges to launch artificial intelligence tutors

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EdSource @edsource.org · 18h

The 24/7 learning assistant chatbots will be “rolled out gradually” to help 2.1 million community college students with assignment feedback, coursework guidance, career preparation, and financial aid, among other tasks.

UPDATE: Family sues school district claiming bullying drove son to commit suicide

EdSource @edsource.org · 19h

Students improved by 1.8 percentage points in math and English language arts last school year, the largest year-over-year increase since before the pandemic.

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EdSource @edsource.org · 20h

The new legislation provides training for elementary school teachers in evidence-based reading instruction focused on phonics.

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EdSource @edsource.org · 1d

The family of a seventh grader who committed suicide has sued the Coronado Unified School District in San Diego County, alleging it did not do enough to protect the boy from bullying.

UPDATE: Marin County sees slight increase in teachers of color countywide

EdSource @edsource.org · 1d

The state Department of Education found in a recent report that 13% of credentialed teachers in Marin County’s public schools in 2024-25 were people of color, up from 11% in 2018-19.

The 13% represents 230 teachers out of 1,708 countywide, the state said.

Student support programs in peril after federal cuts at Hispanic-serving community colleges

EdSource @edsource.org · 1d

California's community colleges will lose about $20 million in federal funding next year that would have supported STEM majors, dual enrollment for high school students and other programs.

California's community colleges are scrambling to preserve programs that are funded by Hispanic-Serving Institution grants, part of a federal program that the Trump administration is eliminating.

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EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if states can ban conversion therapy for minors

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EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

School leaders say student cellphone ban aids study time, report says

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EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

Victoria Coleman, a former Air Force chief scientist, has been appointed by UC Berkeley to take the helm of the Berkeley Space Center, a research and innovation hub planned at the NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View.

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COMMENTARY: Frequent school changes harm California foster youth. How better data can help.

EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

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American Institutes for Research @airinforms.bsky.social · 2d

School mobility among California foster youth is declining—but not for all groups. AIR’s Niu Gao shares new research in @edsource.org on how data can help leaders better support these students.

Read more: https://edsource.org/2025/school-mobility-foster-care-research/742231

New research highlights the urgency of improving school mobility for students in foster care, particularly those with more complex needs.

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EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

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EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

Tuition costs are skyrocketing. Colleges across the state are working to increase in-state enrollments, which reduces the number of spots available for out-of-state students.

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Inequalities grow unchecked in some wealthy counties despite funding formula reforms

EdSource @edsource.org · 2d

Teachers in those wealthy “basic aid districts” earn an average of $27,000 more than in state-funded districts.

In some counties, the gap between wealthy school districts funded by “excess” local property taxes and neighboring districts funded by the Local Control Funding Formula continues to widen.

UPDATE: First class of incarcerated women graduates from Cal State Los Angeles

EdSource @edsource.org · 3d

California issued its own vaccination recommendations and requirements for health insurance coverage.

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EdSource @edsource.org · 3d

Almost two dozen incarcerated women graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal studies from Cal State Los Angeles as part of the university's Prison Graduation Initiative.

California's Expanded Learning creates new source for teachers amid shortage

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inewsource @inewsource.org · 3d

California’s after-school programs and summer initiative spawn surprise dividend: new teachers. From our partner @edsource.org. inewsource.org/2025/10/06/c...

California's ambitious five-year-old Expanded Learning Opportunities Program is now also turning into a rich source of new teachers.

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EdSource @edsource.org · 3d

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UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court to hear two cases involving transgender athletes

EdSource @edsource.org · 3d

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up two cases dealing with state laws that attempt to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports teams as they return Monday for a new term.

California’s after-school programs and summer initiative spawn surprise dividend: new teachers

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EdSource @edsource.org · 3d

The principal goal of California’s ambitious five-year-old Expanded Learning Opportunities Program was to address learning loss, but it is also turning into a rich source of new teachers.

The principal goal of California's ambitious five-year-old Expanded Learning Opportunities Program was to address learning loss, but it is also turning into a rich source of new teachers.