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Almost two-thirds of teachers take on second jobs to make ends meet.

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UPDATE: Embezzlement scandal rocks Burbank Unified as superintendent resigns The latest education news updates from EdSource.

A former Burbank Unified School District board member is facing criminal charges over allegations that she embezzled $93,000 from the district. Superintendent John Paramo abruptly resigned after the allegations surfaced.

Small district to pay $7.5 million as the latest to settle lawsuits over sexual abuse decades ago In the latest settlement for alleged sexual assaults decades ago, the Montecito Union School District to pay two brothers $7.5 million, equal to about 40% of its current budget.

In settlement for alleged sexual assaults decades ago, Montecito Union School District to pay two brothers $7.5 million, equal to about 40% of its current budget.
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

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My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders. (Credit: Ann Morg)

Words are magic

“Fire RFK Jr. now.” Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote in a scathing editorial on Saturday calling for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to resign.

“Fire RFK Jr. now.”

After a month of shocking removals, resignations, and a shooting at the CDC, Democrats are demanding that the secretary go. Meanwhile, the White House is defending Kennedy as its "crown jewel" admin leader.

JUST IN: Democrat Catelin Drey has won a state Senate seat in Iowa tonight in a special election, flipping the seat from the GOP. Drey’s win breaks the Republican supermajority in the chamber.

🚨The National Guard is now picking up trash in D.C. These images will not make recruiting brochures.

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California schools brace for fallout from U.S. Supreme Court decision on religious rights The ruling permitting opt-outs from instruction based on deeply held religious beliefs has caused confusion and trepidation among school administrators, who are hearing threats of litigation from both...

The ruling permitting opt-outs from instruction based on deeply held religious beliefs has caused confusion and trepidation among school administrators, who are hearing threats of litigation from both sides.

California schools brace for fallout from U.S. Supreme Court decision on religious rights The ruling permitting opt-outs from instruction based on deeply held religious beliefs has caused confusion and trepidation among school administrators, who are hearing threats of litigation from both...

Calif. schools bracing for the impact of recent SCOTUS decision allowing parents to optout kids from classes based on religious beliefs. Bottom line: It will be a mess
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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

Big win for stopping book bans:
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

“None Of These Books Are Obscene.”
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It's been 185 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

The Invention of “Sesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

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It's been 184 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

It's been 178 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

It's been 177 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama:

"Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

It's been 171 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

It's been 169 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

Looking forward to reading the upcoming book "Separation of Church and Hate" by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social.

I am certain it is going to be enlightening, funny, and correct.

Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.

Exclusive: Kerr County, where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing, had the technology to turn every cellphone in the area into a blaring alarm, but officials did not do so before or during the river level rising to record heights.

It's been 166 days without a bargaining session with @edsource.org.

EdSource's unit of @newsguild.org was recognized by management on Jan. 27, and 164 days later management has not met with us to begin negotiating a contract. We are ready and prepared to bargain. It is time to get to work and build a better @edsource.org.

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

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If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.