Students across the country expressed relief after the U.S. Department of Education confirmed direct student loans and Pell Grants won't be stopped amid a broad federal funding pause ordered by President Donald Trump.

Higher-achievers have recovered in math and reading but lower-performers classmates are lagging, Nation's Report Card shows.

Some schools destroyed years ago in the Sonoma and Butte fires are just now reopening. The long, expensive process of rebuilding in LA may eat up much of the money voters approved in November for school repairs statewide.

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