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Ronin Shimizu, a cheerleader found dead, has an entire community mourning. 12-year-old Ronin Shimizu, who was the only male cheerleader from his school, was

A California high school stirred up controversy after students were told not to chant "USA" during sporting events and rallies.

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California schools will be expected to administer Smarter Balanced and other statewide tests this spring, but districts can select alternatives in cases where these tests are not “viable” to administer, federal education officials said Tuesday. Delivered in a letter to State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, the decision comes amid an increasingly confusing national testing landscape this spring, as other states ...

An administrator at the California Department of Education was put on paid leave Thursday while department officials investigate allegations that he authored books and articles about conspiracy theories and used anti-Semitic rhetoric. The department began an internal investigation of Craig Heimbichner, who was promoted in January to the position of education administrator in the charter schools division, after receiving a complaint last week related to his published writings and statements, sai...

Despite calls for help, school districts fend for themselves on campus coronavirus tests Howard Blume © Provided by The LA Times Laurie Goldfinger, left, attendance secretary for Agoura High School, is given a coronavirus test by phlebotomist Jessica Garcia at Wright Middle School in Calabasas. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Lennox School District Supt. Scott Price has dealt with academic programs, union negotiations and budget deficits. But nothing has prepared him or othe...

Lennox School District Supt. Scott Price has dealt with academic programs, union negotiations and budget deficits. But nothing has prepared him or other education leaders to make decisions about a pressing medical issue: How to — or even whether to — provide school-based coronavirus testing to students, teachers and other staff. Many experts view regular, universal testing at schools as a crucial component to helping campuses reopen and remain open, while also contributing toward curbing th...