Schools

California Live’s Amber Pfister tours the Monarch School, which provides a sense of belonging for its entire student body and their families. What’s unique about it? Every student enrolled at Monarch is unhoused or experiencing homelessness. Through comprehensive academic, social and emotional support to youth, alumni, and their families, Monarch’s tailored programs and wrap-around services empower youth to succeed and...

New state laws will be implemented soon, including protections on student information consent to ensuring safety of employees who are victims of crime.

Police responded to a shooting on Monday at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.

NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes has more from parents, police and the school as they work to figure out what happened.

A three-person parent-led fundraising team raised almost $8,000 since June, and now parents want an accounting

An all-girls school campus in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley excels in sustainability.

The San Diego County Office of Education announced multiple schools will be closed again on Wednesday due to the power shutoffs and weather.

The school bus to Marston Middle School was late or simply didn’t show up to pick up students in Clairemont Mesa, reports NBC 7 and Telemundo 20’s Tania Luviano-Hurwitz.

The school bus to Marston Middle School was late or simply didn’t show up to pick up students in Clairemont Mesa

Kirabo Jackson, professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University and former economic advisor to President Biden, discusses how education policy in the U.S. may shift under the new Trump administration.

You can find Claudene Wilson serving meals in the cafeteria, doing repairs and comforting crying students.

Programs educating students about drug abuse and drug overdose prevention are now at San Diego schools, reports NBC 7’s Todd Strain.

An advocacy group says a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns.

Among other things, the task force offered guidance regarding financial disclosures and disclosures of student enrollment and attendance information

Every California school district, charter school and county office of education has been directed to adopt a policy limiting or prohibiting the use of phones by July 1, 2026.

A new California law bans or restricts student cell phone usage, but SDUSD says this is business as usual. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry has the details.

The “numerous” threats of school violence have surfaced over the past several days from “various sources,” according to the San Diego Police Department. “Currently, there is no substantiated threat.”

A 12-year-old student at Bonita Vista Middle School has been arrested in connection with threatening messages, according to the Chula Vista Police Department. As NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes reports, the threat quickly spread on social media and caused fear and concern not only on that campus, but several others. 

Students are struggling to stay engaged in class at a time of poor mental health, shortened attention spans, reduced attendance and worsening grades. At the crux of these challenges? Addiction to cell phones. Cell phone bans are gaining traction around the country, but many say they’re not enough.