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SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today released the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2026–27 May Revision budget proposal, highlighting major investments that support student achievement,…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond will host a Literacy Leadership Summit with educational and philanthropic partners to discuss delivering on California’s literacy and biliteracy promise, specifically his Five-Year…
This announcement follows the end of the Twin Rivers Unified School District (TRUSD) teacher strike, reportedly the longest educator strike in California history. Rising healthcare costs were cited as a…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is continuing to call for the return of Joseph Londono Rodriguez, a six-year-old Deaf student with learning disabilities, to his school community at…
FREMONT—Today, State Superintendent Tony Thurmond held a meeting to check on the well-being of Joseph Londono Rodriguez, a six-year-old Deaf student with disabilities who attended the California School for the…
SACRAMENTO—Earlier this week, a six-year-old Deaf student with disabilities who attends the California School for the Deaf, Fremont (CSDF), was detained and deported without critical assistive devices and without due…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) announced today that the CDE is engaging in conversation alongside its partners at the State Board of Education (SBE)…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education (CDE) are co-hosting School Leadership to End Hate and Inspire Courage, the second annual Winter Institute of…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced two extraordinary high school students to represent California in the 64th annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). Cindy Chen of…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today hosted an informational hearing of the Statewide Literacy Task Force at the California Department of Education (CDE) regarding educational proposals that Thurmond…