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Awareness Of California’s Transitional Kindergarten Drops Dramatically as First School Year Approaches

July 24, 2025 12:46 pmJuly 25, 2025 6:39 am

Results from a new RAPID survey released on Wednesday found that less than two-thirds of all Californian parents are aware of the new optional Transitional Kindergarten (TK) grade as it enters it’s first statewide school year, down from nearly 90%...

LAUSD Teacher Says Defunding School Police Puts Students and Teachers at Risk

July 16, 2025 2:45 amJuly 16, 2025 5:55 pm

As a longtime educator, I’m concerned about numerous disturbing policies championed by the National Education Association (NEA) and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). Especially troubling is the push to dismantle school safety. For starters, NEA and UTLA have been active...

USC Faces Growing $200 Million Deficit in 2025

July 15, 2025 1:15 pmJuly 15, 2025 1:15 pm

University of Southern California (USC) President Beong-Soo Kim announced on Monday that the University was operating at more than a $200 million deficit, becoming the latest California college to face a large shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year. The deficit...

New Lawsuit Alleges ‘Insidious, Malicious Discrimination’ at Stanford Against Israeli Researcher

July 15, 2025 7:25 amJuly 15, 2025 7:25 am

Israeli chemist Shay Laps is suing Stanford University for forcing him out of his lab job after he was targeted by workers in a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment that even included his supervisor fabricating sexual harassment charges against him. The...

Lawsuit Schmawsuit: School Districts Spending Like Drunken Sailors with California’s $3 Billion ‘Play Budget’

July 14, 2025 5:03 pmJuly 14, 2025 5:03 pm

The headline does not imply anything against drunken sailors. I once drank with US sailors at a bar called Scotties in Hong Kong, thanking them for their service in Desert Storm. From what I can remember, money was spent irresponsibly....

How California Colleges Mislead Students

July 12, 2025 2:55 amJuly 12, 2025 2:56 am

Thomas Jefferson wrote of the University of Virginia, “The object of this institution is to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend.” The assumption that California’s colleges and universities...

Controversial Bill Would Add Trevor Project Suicide Hotline to Student ID Cards

July 10, 2025 1:55 pmJuly 10, 2025 2:31 pm

An utterly treacherous bill has passed the State Assembly and is making its way through Senate committees. Assembly Bill 727, authored by Assemblyman Mark González (D-Los Angeles) would put the Trevor Project’s suicide hotline number on the back of school...