Lasherica Thornton

Several schools, including many in the Central San Joaquin Valley, are using Monday’s rare solar eclipse – when the moon passes between the Earth and sun – as a learning experience for students.

Some school districts in California are reporting chronic absenteeism rates of 30% or more.

Fresno Unified School District board member Keshia Thomas speaks during a 2022 news conference.

Fresno Unified School District board members will consider both internal and external candidates in the search for a new superintendent, board president Susan Wittrup announced following closed-session deliberation on Wednesday. The process to name the next leader of California’s third-largest school system will also include community participation, Wittrup said.

A recent event at Aliso Viejo Middle School in Capistrano Unified, where a student used artificial intelligence software to create a nude photo of a 13-year-old girl by putting the girl’s face on another body, illustrates how unprepared schools are for the rise in AI manipulation of student photos, the Orange County Register reported.

The Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, representing around 1,100 school employees, joined environmental and social justice groups in a lawsuit against Monterey County, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Experts told the Register that AI-generated sexual harassment and bullying could be occurring on most school campuses.

The revised Title IX regulations by the Education Department add federal law protections for LGBTQ+ students and increase safeguards for victims of campus sexual assault, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The Biden administration finalized the rules Friday, and the changes will take effect in August.

Dublin Unified School District will switch to equity grading after learning in 2023 that the district’s grading system was not consistent across all schools, The Mercury News reported. Some question whether that will help or harm students.

Modesto City Schools is one of seven school districts across the nation leading a conversation on sustainability at schools at a White House summit Friday, The Modesto Bee reported. The summit will address clean infrastructure upgrades and ways to lower the cost of green energy on school campuses.