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Distance Learning Comes with a Learning Curve for Students, Parents, Teachers

August 19, 2020

Nearly all of Fresno County's 208,000 students have been outfitted with internet access and laptops or tablets for their distance learning, Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino said Wednesday. But there are rural pockets where students haven't been able to ...

Fresno Unified Teachers Want to Know: What’s the Distance Learning Plan?

Nancy Price

July 29, 2020

Fresno Unified officials say the distance learning program provided to its 74,000 students starting just three weeks from now will be markedly different than the one in the final two months of the past school y...

Fresno Teachers Union: Schools Can’t Safely Reopen by Aug. 17, Teachers Shouldn’t Return

Nancy Price

July 14, 2020

Fresno Unified School District schools can't reopen safely by Aug. 17, the district's teachers union says, because of rising coronavirus infection rates in the county and the need to maintain health and safety ...

Fresno Unified Parents Must Decide by July 31: Campus or Online?

Nancy Price

July 9, 2020

If parents want their kids to attend Fresno Unified School District's online school for the new school year, they will need to opt in by July 31, Superintendent Bob Nelson said Thursday. Parents who don't reserve a seat for their kids for the eLearn Academy...

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Teachers Union: FUSD Should Protect Health Fund in 2020-21 Budget

Nancy Price

June 9, 2020

The Fresno Teachers Association says Fresno Unified School District's proposals to balance the 2020-21 budget could result in higher healthcare costs for employees and will reassign teachers from much-nee...

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FUSD Trustee: ‘Bare Minimum’ of Distance Learning Isn’t Enough

Nancy Price

May 7, 2020

Fresno Unified trustee Claudia Cazares says teachers who have been doing the "bare minimum" as negotiated in the distance learning contract amendment need to do more teaching for their students. "When the ba...

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Fresno Teachers Handing Out Meals Tonight at Addams Elementary

Nancy Price

April 2, 2020

Dinner tonight for 500 families living near Addams Elementary is being hosted by the Fresno Teachers Association, in conjunction with Live Again Fresno and Quesadilla Gorilla. The free grab-and-go meals prepared by Quesadilla Gorilla will be handed out star...

Fresno Teachers Get Their Groove on to Raise Funds for Food

Nancy Price

March 26, 2020

The Fresno Teachers Association has a rock 'n roll solution for several conundrums: How to raise money to help feed people and support local restaurants during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what are we going to do...

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Fresno Teachers Union Grievance Has Potential $150M Price Tag

Nancy Price

February 13, 2020

Fresno Unified's teachers' union says the district has violated its contract by improperly spending millions of dollars — perhaps as much as $150 million over the past three years — to cover retirees' healthcar...

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Class Assignment Creates Uproar in FTA, Black Community

Nancy Price

January 29, 2020

A classroom assignment connected with a novel by acclaimed author Zora Neale Hurston has embroiled Fresno Unified School District in another race-related controversy. This time the district is in the crosshairs of both the teachers union and members of the bla...

Police Order Breonna Taylor Protesters to Disperse

Virus Cases Rise in US Heartland, Home to Anti-Mask Feelings

Probe Into ‘Discarded’ Ballots Becomes Campaign Outrage Fuel

Soaring Lumber Costs Push New Homes Prices Up. Local Sellers Play Guessing Game.

Camarena Health Starts Construction in Madera on Largest-Ever Expansion

Soaring Lumber Costs Push New Homes Prices Up. Local Sellers Play Guessing Game.

Ecologist Says the USFS Needs To Get Out of the Way in Wake of Massive Fires

‘We’re in the Middle of a Crime Wave.’ Fresno Leaders Voice Concerns.

LeBron, Lakers on the Cusp of Reaching West Finals

Landmine-Sniffing Rat Hailed as Hero, Beats Out Dogs for Award

Animal’s Warrior Road Traveled Through Fresno

Nearly 500 Pilot Whales Stranded in Australia; 380 Dead

Walters: Presidential Race Will Put California's Foibles on Trial

Animal’s Warrior Road Traveled Through Fresno

Walters: California’s Job Numbers Aren’t Good

Is Mike Pompeo Preparing an October Surprise?

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Campaign Contribution Limit Set for Fresno County Races at $30K

Probe Into ‘Discarded’ Ballots Becomes Campaign Outrage Fuel

Trump Camp Hopes Mideast Pacts Translate to Jewish Support

McConnell, Pelosi Dispute Trump, Vow Peaceful Power Transfer

Distance Learning Comes with a Learning Curve for Students, Parents, Teachers

Fresno Unified Teachers Want to Know: What’s the Distance Learning Plan?

Fresno Teachers Union: Schools Can’t Safely Reopen by Aug. 17, Teachers Shouldn’t Return

Fresno Unified Parents Must Decide by July 31: Campus or Online?

Teachers Union: FUSD Should Protect Health Fund in 2020-21 Budget

FUSD Trustee: ‘Bare Minimum’ of Distance Learning Isn’t Enough

Fresno Teachers Handing Out Meals Tonight at Addams Elementary

Fresno Teachers Get Their Groove on to Raise Funds for Food

Fresno Teachers Union Grievance Has Potential $150M Price Tag

Class Assignment Creates Uproar in FTA, Black Community

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