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1 week ago | 
edsource.org | Karen D'Souza |Yuxuan Xie |Justin Allen |Daniel Willis
A superior court judge has asked Sonoma State University to temporarily halt a plan that would discontinue 22 majors and six academic programs as part of a maneuver to plug the university’s almost $24 million budget shortfall. Judge Kenneth English’s temporary restraining order comes in response to a request by seven Sonoma State student-athletes, who sued the university to interrupt a proposal that also eliminates all NCAA Division II sports at the university.
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1 week ago | 
edsource.org | Karen D'Souza |Yuxuan Xie |Justin Allen |Daniel Willis
A Los Angeles Community College District trustee and labor leader announced her candidacy this week for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in what could be a crowded race in 2026 to succeed Tony Thurmond. Nichelle Henderson is a former middle school teacher at Compton Unified, who currently works at Cal State Los Angeles as a faculty adviser and clinical field supervisor with the Cal State TEACH teacher preparation program.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Mallika Seshadri |Yuxuan Xie |Monica Velez |John Fensterwald
News Brief Friday January 10, 2025 1:46 pm More than 1,000 schools are closed Friday as a result of the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, affecting more than more than 600,000 students across 26 districts and four counties, according to the California Department of Education.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Yuxuan Xie
Disasters, Emergencies & Climate Disasters, Emergencies & ClimateJanuary 9, 2025Yuxuan Xie Yuxuan XieJanuary 9, 2025Most Los Angeles-area school districts, including Los Angeles Unified School District, are closed Thursday as fires continue to rage, significantly impacting the Southern California region. The map below shows the status of districts in the region, and will continue to be updated as the situation evolves.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Monica Velez |Yuxuan Xie |John Fensterwald |Diana Lambert
News Brief Thursday January 9, 2025 8:44 pm Twenty-nine young firefighters have traveled from the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp in Northern California’s Amador County to assist with the Eaton Fire in northeast Los Angeles County, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. California has 35 fire camps, also known as conservation camps, across 25 counties at which incarcerated individuals are trained as firefighters to support in combatting wildfires statewide.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Monica Velez |Yuxuan Xie |John Fensterwald |Diana Lambert
News Brief Thursday January 9, 2025 3:40 pm Freshman enrollment in college is falling, according to a report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, The 74 reported. Total freshman enrollment was down 5% last year, in a reversal of the 3.7% uptick reported in fall 2023. Public and private nonprofit four-year institutions are seeing the biggest decreases, down 8.5% and 6.5% respectively.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Monica Velez |John Fensterwald |Yuxuan Xie |Diana Lambert
News Brief Thursday January 9, 2025 9:59 am San Jose State University is one of the inaugural winners of a new U.S. Department of Education honor recognizing colleges and universities with a track-record of enrolling a diverse student body and aiding graduates’ economic mobility.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Monica Velez |John Fensterwald |Yuxuan Xie |Diana Lambert
News Brief Thursday January 9, 2025 9:05 am Several Los Angeles-area colleges and universities have closed their campuses or otherwise curtailed in-person operations as multiple fast-moving wildfires forced thousands to evacuate, triggered power shut offs and prompted air quality advisories in the region. California Institute of TechnologyCaltech will stay closed on Thursday, Jan. 9 but expects to reopen on Friday depending on conditions.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
edsource.org | Monica Velez |Yuxuan Xie |John Fensterwald |Diana Lambert
News Brief Thursday January 9, 2025 3:48 pm Does outsourcing your cognition come at a cost? As the emergence of artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize aspects of modern life, including education, a new study from the Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability at the SBS Swiss Business School investigating the link between AI tools and critical thinking skills, focusing on cognitive offloading suggests a significant negative correlation.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
edsource.org | John Fensterwald |Yuxuan Xie
It’s that time again when I line up my predictions for the year only to see events conspire to knock them down like bowling pins. As you recall, I lay down my wager in fensters. You can, too, on a scale of 1 fenster — no way it’ll happen — to 5 – it’s bird-brain obvious (at least to you). Fensters are a cryptocurrency redeemable only in Russian rubles; currently trading at about 110 per U.S. dollar. Predict right, and you’ll be rich in no time!2025 will be rife with conflict; you know that.
