Jim Yovino said Monday he will not seek reelection as Fresno County Superintendent of Schools in the November election. He told GV Wire that the decision not to run again — he was elected to his first term in 2014 after being appointed to fill the role the year...
Fresno Unified Will Seek OK To Reopen K-6 Schools to Students
Fresno Unified School District elementary school students could be among the first to be back in the classroom with their teachers. The district is planning to apply for a waiver that allow those students to return to school for in-person instruction. Older students would still have distance learning until coronavirus...
Fresno’s Top Doc Sees Early October as Possibility for Reopening Some Schools
Fresno County interim health officer Dr. Rais Vohra is optimistic about the county's chance of moving into the next tier of reopenings sooner rather than later. Fresno County remains in the purple tier and the state considers COVID-19 to still be widespread here. The next tier — red — would...
New State Policy Opens Local Schools for A Few Kids
New guidelines from the California Department of Public Health opens the door to allowing small numbers of students back on campuses closed since March 13. A lot of details remain to be hashed out, and Valley officials on Wednesday were studying the Cohorting Guidance to learn how it might apply...
Remembering Marvin Meyers, a Giant of Ag and Education
California agriculture lost a legend and Valley students — from kindergarten to graduate school — lost one of their best friends when Marvin Allen Meyers died two weeks ago at 85. He was a farmer, philanthropist, and innovator who transformed 2,600 acres west of Mendota into California's first privately funded...
How Do NFL Players Make a Difference? They Donate Their Cleats.
In addition to special-ed students' artwork and the sound of swing-era music, those visiting the Kids' Cafe 2019 in downtown Fresno are greeted by another treat. Custom-designed cleats from Detroit Lions cornerback Andre Chachere. Chachere, who starred at Clovis West High School, donated his cleats to the cafe as part...
Daren Miller Appointed to Esparza’s Former School Board Seat
In a 3-1 vote, the Fresno County Board of Education appointed Daren Miller on Wednesday night to fill a vacancy left by Nelson Esparza, who won a seat on the Fresno City Council last year. "I have been doing this for the last 30 years as an actual practitioner on a...
Schools Chief Yovino Wins Round at Supreme Court in Equal Pay Case
WASHINGTON — Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino won a round in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in an equal pay case brought by a former math consultant. The Court unanimously threw out a lower court ruling in favor of Aileen Rizo, who sued in 2014 when she...
Resistance Finally Fading to Career Technical Education
Thirty years ago, vocational ed programs were struggling to attract students and political support. They were stigmatized as "throwaway" classes. Many educators and parents said that college preparatory classes would better prepare students for college and careers. That's not the case today. The label "vocational ed" has been replaced by...
Do Charter Schools Help or Hurt California Education?
Charter supporters, citing the need to overhaul public education, want to change how schools are run. Opponents argue that charters steer revenues away from traditional neighborhood schools, cherry-pick the best and brightest and can avoid employment and governance rules that school districts must follow. Charters, which the Legislature authorized in...