It is time to substantially raise base funding for all students. A small cost-of-living increase, based on a formula that is unrelated to the real costs that school districts face, is not enough, not ...

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Leah Furlong leads her transitional kindergarten class in an exercise to refocus students before lunch at Bill Libbon Elementary School in Santa Maria. Basic aid districts did not receive additional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students athletes and their coaches are recognized for achievements at the Clovis Unified School District board meeting Wednesday, ...

California's school funding system, overhauled in 2013 to make it more equitable, does not address a growing inequality, a situation felt most sharply in counties that have a combination of rich and ...