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A black All Gender Restroom wall sign showing figures of a woman, a man, a combined figure, and a baby changing symbol, with the line anyone can use this restroom regardless of gender identity or expression.

californiaJul 2, 20264 min read

California's New All-Gender Bathroom Requirement Is Unfair to Small Schools

California's new all-gender bathroom law exempts small schools from the mandate, then takes the exemption back through the money: apply for state building funds and you must build one anyway. The campuses with the least get the rawest deal, and here is what to ask.

By Bridget Hill

The California State Capitol in Sacramento seen from Capitol Mall, where the Legislature passed AB 181

californiaJun 30, 20264 min read

Sacramento Moves to Make State Superintendent Powerless, Weeks After a Conservative Placed First in the Primary

For a decade, California's establishment called the elected schools superintendent a powerless figurehead. The week a Chino Valley parent led the primary to win it, Sacramento moved to gut the office in seventy-two hours. Follow the power, and you learn who really runs the state's schools.

By Reid M. Turner

The Sunnyvale School District Administrative building, with the district name on its exterior wall, framed by purple flowers and trees

parental rightsJun 29, 20263 min read

Sunnyvale Gave These Parents an Opt-Out From Its Gender Lessons, Then Took It Back

Two Sunnyvale parents asked to keep their first and third graders out of lessons on gender and sexuality that clash with their faith. The district agreed, then reversed itself and called the lessons "not optional." Why an opt-out was never the real victory.

By Tabby Parker