Education

Teachers unions across California are pressing for higher pay and improved health benefits, while school districts cite tight budgets and rising costs.

A teachers' strike in Oakland was averted early Friday morning after the union representing educators in the district announced it reached a tentative agreement with school officials following an 18-hour bargaining session.

The Oakland Unified School District board voted Wednesday night to approve controversial layoffs that could affect more than 400 positions as the district works to close a nearly $100 million budget deficit.

Oakland Unified School District board members are set to vote Wednesday on cutting hundreds of jobs as they work to close a nearly $100-million budget deficit, while also negotiating with teachers to avoid a potential strike.

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Nearly 50,000 students are set to return to classrooms across San Francisco on Wednesday after a weeklong teachers' strike shuttered schools throughout the district.

Unionized workers across the California State University system on Tuesday launched a four-day strike, saying they are seeking wage increases and salary steps they were promised.

Authorities have confirmed that the body of a missing University of California, Berkeley student has been recovered.

A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024, when they barricaded themselves inside the university president and provost executive offices. Now a new trial has been set for later this month. 

A tentative agreement between the San Francisco Unified School District and the teachers union was reached on Friday, ending a four-day strike over higher wages, health benefits and more resources for students with special needs, both sides announced. 

Classes will be canceled on Friday at all San Francisco Unified School District schools as the teachers' strike continues, officials say.

As the San Francisco Unified School District strike stretches into its fourth day, teachers are asking questions about the disparity between salaries.

Parents packed a Mount Diablo Unified School District board meeting Tuesday night, urging trustees to pause plans to phase out a two-way Spanish immersion program at Bancroft Elementary School. Families presented the board with a petition signed by roughly 300 people asking district leaders to reconsider the decision. Parents said they were blindsided by the announcement.

San Francisco schools remained closed for a third day due to the teachers strike, leaving nearly 50,000 students affected, including about 7,000 students with disabilities.

San Francisco schools will remain closed on Thursday while representatives from the teachers union and the San Francisco Unified School District continue to negotiate terms.

San Francisco Unified School District teachers walked off the job this week in a historic strike over higher wages, health benefits, and more resources for students with special needs.