Local Education Archives

Fresno State Celebrates New Resnick Student Union With Groundbreaking

February 21, 2020

Not all of the Fresno State students who were on hand for Thursday's groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Union will still be on campus when it opens in the fall of 2021, but th...

California Settles Lawsuit With Agreement to Spend $50M for Kids Who Can’t Read

CalMatters

February 20, 2020

The state of California on Thursday agreed to settle a years-long, high-profile lawsuit that accused the state of depriving low-income students of color of their constitutional right to a basic education — by f...

Tiger Giving Closet Helps Edison Students Meet Wardrobe Needs

Nancy Price

February 17, 2020

Students at Edison High School who need a little help with wardrobe or life's other necessities — or even formalwear for prom — can now turn to the Tiger Giving Closet. The project, which Edison staffers hav...

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Walters: Vocational Ed Makes a Comeback

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 13, 2020

Somewhere along the way, California’s public schools became enamored with the notion that all students will — or at least should — acquire degrees from four-year colleges. Local school districts often adopted ...

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Fresno State Receives $1M Gift From Former Treasury Secretary

Nancy Price

February 11, 2020

President Joseph I. Castro Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro may have saved the best until last in his speech at the State of the University breakfast Tuesday morning: He announced a $1 million donati...

Mills Says She’s Running for 5th Term on Fresno Unified Board

Nancy Price

February 10, 2020

Trustee Carol Mills The election is more than eight months away, but Fresno Unified trustee Carol Mills isn't wasting any time. On Monday Mills, who represents Area 5 (Fresno High region) on the board, a...

The Achievement Gap: California’s Disparities in Education Explained

CalMatters

February 9, 2020

Few goals in education have been as frustrating and urgent as the effort to fix the deep, generational disparity in achievement between the haves and the have-nots in California schools. It is an article of ...

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Hoover, McCardle Students Illustrate 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote

gvwire

February 7, 2020

Students from Hoover High School and McCardle Elementary School exhibited their interpretations of the women's suffrage movement at ArtHop in downtown Fresno on Thursday night. The movement waged a nearly 10...

Architectural rendering providing an aerial perspective of Central Unified's new high school

Central Unified Supt. to Board: New High School Should Stand On Its Own

Nancy Price

February 7, 2020

Central Unified School District's new high school at Ashlan and Grantland avenues in west Fresno should be an independent entity and not a third campus of Central High School, which now spreads across its East ...

University High Retakes Fresno County Academic Decathlon Title

Nancy Price

February 5, 2020

University High School has reclaimed its title as champion of the Fresno County Academic Decathlon. The charter high school topped a field of 29 teams in the 38th annual competition, which culminated in Saturda...

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Fresno State Celebrates New Resnick Student Union With Groundbreaking

California Settles Lawsuit With Agreement to Spend $50M for Kids Who Can’t Read

Tiger Giving Closet Helps Edison Students Meet Wardrobe Needs

Walters: Vocational Ed Makes a Comeback

Fresno State Receives $1M Gift From Former Treasury Secretary

Mills Says She’s Running for 5th Term on Fresno Unified Board

The Achievement Gap: California’s Disparities in Education Explained

Hoover, McCardle Students Illustrate 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote

Central Unified Supt. to Board: New High School Should Stand On Its Own

University High Retakes Fresno County Academic Decathlon Title