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The action is in response to an urgent request last week from the National School Boards Association, asking for help to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism

Eight parents and teachers filed a federal lawsuit against the Oakland Unified School District on Thursday alleging that police officers used excessive force against them in a confrontation at a school board meeting in October in which some of them were injured.

The latest round of storms brought down part of the roof at Dublin Elementary School in Dublin, damaging some classrooms. Kris Sanchez reports.

The latest round of storms brought down part of the roof at Dublin Elementary School in Dublin, damaging some classrooms in the process.

The public was invited to attend the Oakland Unified School District board’s meeting Wednesday evening, but the board was forced to move to an upstairs conference room after the meeting was disrupted by protests.

There are very emotional and very mixed reactions in Milpitas after the educator who wore blackface while teaching students made a public apology on NBC Bay Area.

The woman who lost her job after displaying her middle finger at President Donald Trump’s motorcade has won a seat on a county board of supervisors in Virginia.

Six protesters were arrested during an Oakland Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday evening, the latest in a series of demonstrations against school closures and the proliferation of charter schools.
The previous protests did not lead to tense clashes with police as they did on Wednesday. Police used batons to keep the protesters from approaching the dais.

Protests at a school board meeting in Oakland quickly escalated Wednesday evening, even becoming physical at times as officials discussed possible school closures.

The Bay Area housing crunch also is impacting local schools. Young families are being priced out, and schools are feeling the pinch because fewer students means a loss in funding.

The San Jose Unified School District on Monday moved one step closer to a plan it hopes will lead to more teacher housing.

A popular high school teacher has been fired in Contra Costa County, and dozens of parents and students turned out to protest the decision.

The San Francisco school board voted Tuesday to preserve but cover up a public high school mural depicting slavery and the killing of a Native American.

San Francisco’s chapter of the NAACP is now urging the school board to reconsider plans to paint over an 83-year-old mural at George Washington High School.

After a months-long process, the San Jose Unified School District has a newly-named school. The board decided to rename Burnett Academy Thursday, now called Ohlone Middle School.

Members of the New Haven Teachers Association, by a 60 percent “yes” vote, on Sunday ratified a tentative contract agreement with the New Haven Unified School District, officially ending the 14-day strike, teachers’ negotiators said Sunday night.

Two parents of students in the strike-torn New Haven Unified School District filed paperwork on Wednesday to begin the process of trying to recall three of the district’s five school board members.

Officials from the New Haven Teachers Association and the New Haven Unified School District will return to the bargaining table Wednesday afternoon looking to reach an agreement that would end a teacher’s strike that started on May 20, according to teacher’s association officials.

After a marathon session that ended after midnight Saturday, striking teachers and officials with the New Haven Unified School District are expected to resume contract negotiations on Sunday.

As teachers from New Haven Unified School District in Union City and Hayward continue to strike, parents and community members plan to show solidarity during a Wednesday evening rally and march.