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Tag: Tony Thurmond

State Withholds Release of Presumably Poor Student Test Scores Until After Election

September 23, 2022   10:02 amSeptember 23, 2022   11:22 am
In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they will not release statewide student test scores until after the November election. “In a significant departure, the California Department of Education...
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OPINION: Education Lawmaking in California is Overshadowed by Teachers Unions

May 5, 2022   9:15 amMay 5, 2022   9:21 am
In recent years, California has become a national icon for modeling progressive education policies, thanks to a State Legislature occupied by a Democratic supermajority and a complacent education bureaucracy. The state has codified controversial mandates for comprehensive sex education, ethnic...
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Gov. Newsom Introduces $2 Billion School Reopening Plan

December 30, 2020   2:35 pm
On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced in a $2 billion plan to reopen schools across California beginning in February, with all grades expected to be back in classrooms by the spring. The plan, known as the Safe Schools for All...
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California Sued By Parents Over Remote Learning Inequalities

December 3, 2020   2:20 amDecember 2, 2020   8:27 pm
Earlier in the week, a group of seven Los Angeles and Alameda County families sued the California Board of Education, the Department of Education, and state Superintendent for Public Instruction Tony Thurmond over accusations of not giving students in the...
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California Department of Education Announces New Statewide Anti-Racism Program

September 22, 2020   3:16 pm
On Monday, the California Department of Education announced new anti-racism classes and instructor training called “Education to End Hate,” only days after President Donald Trump said that he would sign an Executive Order to establish an educational commission to develop...
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California Announces Greater Phase 3 Reopenings For Next Week

June 6, 2020   7:47 amJune 8, 2020   3:10 pm
On Friday, California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Dr. Mark Gahly announced that schools, campgrounds, movie and tv productions, zoos, gyms, bars, and professional sports could reopen under strict rules and alterations beginning on June 12th. Advanced Phase 3...
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California Public School Buildings to Close for Rest of Year

March 31, 2020   8:43 pm
On Tuesday, California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced that all public schools in California will be closed through the end of the school year. Closed buildings, open schools School buildings will remain closed because of COVID-19 coronavirus social...
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