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California Legislators Ensure Demand that Students Are Taught by Teachers, Not AI
California legislators just passed a bill requiring that students are taught by humans, not artificial intelligence. But to truly protect students from Big Tech, we need to take even bolder action.
1 in 5 High Schoolers Are or Know Someone Who is In a Romantic Relationship with AI
AI is dangerous for students in a world of increasing isolation. We need to protect our students and young people.
Schools try to block dangerous & distracting sites. It doesn’t work.
Despite district attempts to block distractions from school devices, students get past them. It’s time we consider the role of 1:1 devices in the classroom.
Young people are worse off because of AI. We should listen to them.
Young people are sounding the alarm on how AI impacts their mental health, education, and cognition. It’s past time we listen!
CA Ranks High for States with Economically Segregated Schools
California schools have a segregation problem. A new report from The Segregation Tracking Project and Brown’s Promise revealed that California schools are more economically segregated than 40 other states in the United States.
Privatization is the Problem
NPE’s newest annual report rates every state on their public school system. This report reveals that rates and support for privatization are an indicator of a state’s willingness to defund its public education system.
Bottom Rankings, Broken System
California’s persistently low educational rankings reveal the real cost of decades of underfunding.
Students Before Screens
LAUSD passed a resolution to limit screen time use in classrooms, shifting from the era of the over reliance of technology in classrooms.
Parents Push Back on Big Tech in Schools
The backlash to Big Tech in our schools is real and growing. Parents are organizing and demanding better...and it’s working.
Stanford Study Agrees: School Closures Do Not Save Money
New study coming out of Stanford University confirms: school closures do NOT save money across California districts. Learn more about why, here.
AI Has No Place in Our Schools or Curriculum
Ai has embedded itself within our schools with the expansion of AI training for millions of teachers. We must instead invest in teachers to support our students, not AI models to train them.
Ethnic Studies is Essential
San Francisco United School District removed Ethic Studies from being a mandatory course for all students but new research shows that Ethnic studies has more of a significant impact that people thought.
Robot Teachers Won’t Save Education, They’ll Destroy It
What happens to kids when we replace real teachers with machines? This push for robot classrooms puts politics over students and ignores what children actually need to learn and grow.
Community Schools Need Sustainable Funding to Succeed
California is considering making community schools a permanent part of the state’s education funding system, a step that could help ensure more schools have the sustainable resources needed to support students’ needs.
Focus on Funding, Not Closures
Budget challenges are real, but neighborhood campuses should not be put on the table to solve the district’s instability.
SFUSD Strike: ‘When One of Us Needs Something, We All Need Something’
It should not take nearly 50 years to fight for what our educators deserve. Livable wages and access to healthcare should be a baseline for our educators, not an option. We must look to sustainable funding.
SFUSD Pushes Immigrant Students Out of Newcomer Schools
At a time when ICE fear is already looming over immigrant families, SFUSD used such fear to call parents and move newcomer students OVERNIGHT.
This "safety" was used by the district as a pretext to carry out budget cuts and now immigrant students paid the price.
The Reality of Using unused SFUSD property
A Mission High School senior pushes back on the idea of building housing on SFUSD property, suggesting these privileged ideas overlook students’ lived realities.
Charter School Closures Aren’t Slowing Down
Charter schools continue to close at a steady pace, leaving students and families scrambling for support. What’s often framed as “choice” is becoming a cycle of disruption with real consequences for communities.
SFUSD Moves Ahead With Contested Budget
Even after the school board UNANIMOUSLY voted down a plan that detailed over $100 million in SFUSD budget cuts, Superintendent Maria Su plans to go along with it anyways.
Su is going against the will of educators, administrators, students, families, and the board of education. This is unacceptable! We say: NO LAYOFFS. NO SCHOOL CLOSURES.