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2 months ago | 
edsource.org | Michael Matsuda |June Ahn |Diana Lambert |Lasherica Thornton
News Brief Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:40 am More than 1,000 San Ramon Valley teachers are expected to participate in a lunchtime rally Tuesday to urge the school district to put its multimillion dollar cuts in areas of the budget that will not impact students, the San Ramon Valley Education Association said in a media release sent to EdSource.
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2 months ago | 
edsource.org | Michael Matsuda |June Ahn |Diana Lambert |Lasherica Thornton
News Brief Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:40 am Teachers in two school districts have secured “crucial” salary increases and other benefits according to a media release sent to EdSource and news reports. In Guerneville School District, the school system averted a strike that all of the district’s teachers voted for in December if the teachers union and district couldn’t agree. In El Camino Real Charter High School, a weeklong strike led to an agreement.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
record-bee.com | Michael Matsuda
By Michael MatsudaThe State Seal of Civic Engagement, approved by the State Board of Education in 2020, marked a vital progression in developing students who are not only academically strong but also civically active and socially aware. However, the absence of this seal in the College and Career Indicators (CCI) of the California School Dashboard represents a missed opportunity — until now.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
edsource.org | John Fensterwald |Amy DiPierro |Mallika Seshadri |Michael Matsuda
News Brief Friday October 4, 2024 8:38 am The California Supreme Court will hold a special outreach session in Fresno Oct. 9 so that local students can watch oral arguments on the court’s calendar that day. The court’s outreach programs allow students to participate in and learn from the judicial process, according to a press release from the court. Students also will be allowed to ask questions of the justices before oral arguments begin.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Mallika Seshadri |Michael Matsuda |John Fensterwald
News Brief Thursday October 3, 2024 9:30 am The Berkeley Unified School District agreed to a settlement Tuesday, that requires them to pay $13.5 million to nine women who say they were sexually abused and harassed by a high school science teacher, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Lead plaintiff Rachel Phillips and eight other women who attended Berkeley High School filed the lawsuit in 2021.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Amy DiPierro |Mallika Seshadri |Michael Matsuda |John Fensterwald
News Brief Thursday October 3, 2024 11:17 am An alumnus and a lecturer from UCLA filed a lawsuit against University of California, accusing them of discriminating against students based on their immigration status, because they are not considered for on-campus jobs. The lawsuit comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed undocumented students to be hired for on-campus jobs, including internships and research jobs that students say would help their careers.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Michael Matsuda
State Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero honored Kennedy High in Anaheim for its outstanding civic learning programs. Credit: Courtesy Anaheim Union HSDThe State Seal of Civic Engagement, approved by the State Board of Education in 2020, marked a vital progression in developing students who are not only academically strong but also civically active and socially aware.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Michael Matsuda |John Fensterwald |MIchael Burke |Michael Burke |Kari Adams
News Brief Wednesday October 2, 2024 10:34 am West Contra Costa Unified School District’s (WCCUSD) associate superintendent of business services will serve as interim superintendent in December after Chris Hurst’s retirement. During a closed session school board meeting, the board appointed Kim Moses Tuesday evening, a day after Hurst announced he’s leaving the district to move closer to his mother-in-law who is facing health challenges.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Michael Matsuda
Superintendent Michael Matsuda speaks with students in a technology classroom in Anaheim Union High School District. Courtesy: Anaheim Union High School DistrictThe demise of great corporations like Kodak, Sears and others serves as a stark reminder of the perils of failing to innovate and evolve with consumer demands. Kodak famously ignored the rise of digital cameras despite inventing the technology itself.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
smdailyjournal.com | Michael Matsuda
The topic of AI has already grown trite, but don’t let that fool you. It’s not a fad. It feels more akin to the “atmospheric river” storms hitting California — a phenomenon we didn’t hear or know about a few years ago that is now changing how we look at rain and mudslides and fires and insurance. The storms also bring life-giving water desperately needed in the West.
