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At-Risk Students Back on Clovis Unified Campuses. Fresno, Central Yet To Act.

September 4, 2020

This week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic closed schools abruptly in mid-March, Clovis teachers met with their students in their classrooms. For students in need of physical or speech therapy, who have autism, are nonverbal, or have other ...

These Clovis Unified Kids Will Be Back at School Starting Monday

Nancy Price

August 28, 2020

Some of Clovis Unified School District's most needy students will return to school starting Monday, spokeswoman Kelly Avants says. About 300 severely disabled students of all ages and preschoolers and kinder...

Trustees to Vote on High-Performing Dailey Elementary’s Charter Renewal

Nancy Price

April 14, 2020

Morris E. Dailey Elementary Charter School, one of the academically higher-performing elementary charters in California, is up for charter renewal at Wednesday's Fresno Unified School District board meeting. ...

Coronavirus Stretches California’s Special Ed System to the Brink

CalMatters

April 1, 2020

By Elizabeth Aguilera and Ricardo Cano, CalMatters In Modesto, Claire Lazaro is working full time while caring for her kids with autism. Nearly 800,000 students in California receive special education services, accounting for almost 13% of the state’s s...

Local Coalition Ensures Special-Needs Students Aren’t Forgotten During Closures

Nancy Price

March 26, 2020

Providing distance learning for most students is challenging, as teachers and parents are finding out while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the challenges are multiplied for special-need...

Photo of a young boy talking to a psychologist

Fresno Unified Lags Neighbor Districts in School Psychologist Hires

Nancy Price

January 29, 2020

A longtime Fresno Unified school psychologist says the district needs to offer contracts to eight school psychologist interns who are being courted by a neighboring school district. Susan Wittrup, who calls ...

Fresno County’s Top Teacher Is Welding Instructor at Court School

Nancy Price

November 21, 2019

Fresno County's top educators for 2019 are welding teacher Greg Barragan, Sanger administrator Dennis Wiechmann and Parlier administrator Praxades Torres III. They were honored Thursday evening at the Educator of the Year Awards ceremony at the Saroyan Theatre...

Photo of a special ed storage and teachers office at Figarden Elementary School before it was cleaned up.

Will Nelson Rid FUSD of the Incompetent and the Indifferent?

Bill McEwen

November 20, 2019

Some of the photos accompanying this column make me wonder if Fresno Unified will ever get its act together. Listen to this article: https://d28jd3p91iwyr0.cloudfront.net/public/polly_audio/nelson.80d...

Photo of Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson

Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified

Bill McEwen

August 8, 2019

Bob Nelson begins his third year as superintendent of Fresno Unified radiating his trademark optimism but with eyes wide open and hands gripping a full plate of big challenges. Bill McEwen "Th...

He Once Struggled to Read. Now He’s on State Board of Ed.

Bill McEwen

June 10, 2019

Educators throughout the state applauded when Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed former Sanger Unified School superintendent Matt Navo to the California Board of Education in April. Besides being a pioneer in collaborative learning, he's a nationally recognized ex...

Infection Rates Soar in College Towns as Students Return

Newsom Signs Law Mandating Study of Reparations for Black Americans

Poll: Fewer Than 3 in 10 California Voters View COVID-19 as a Serious Threat

State Wants Court to Punish Defiant School for Staying Open

As Police Departments Struggle to Find Officers, Some Cadets Exit Fresno Police Academy

Poll: Fewer Than 3 in 10 California Voters View COVID-19 as a Serious Threat

Movie Theaters, Dining Rooms and Gyms Quickly Begin Reopening

Police Reform Panel Struggles to Keep Everyone on the Same Page as Deadline Nears

A Genetic Study Reveals Which Animals Can Contract Coronavirus

Country Star and Hit Elvis Songwriter Mac Davis Dies at 78

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France to Ban Use of Wild Animals in Circuses, Marine Parks

Walters: California’s Crisis of Competence

Walters: Proposition 19’s Tortuous Journey to the Ballot

If Voters Raise Taxes on Corporate Landlords, Will Small Biz Foot the Bill?

Walters: High Housing Costs Keep Californians Poor

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

Playing Electoral Defense, Trump Claims Biden Opposes God

Longshot Against Devin Nunes? Arballo Will Take Those Chances

Trump to Far-Right Extremists: ‘Stand Back and Stand by’

Foreign Observers Wary of ‘Chaos,’ ‘Rancor’ in US Debate

At-Risk Students Back on Clovis Unified Campuses. Fresno, Central Yet To Act.

These Clovis Unified Kids Will Be Back at School Starting Monday

Trustees to Vote on High-Performing Dailey Elementary’s Charter Renewal

Coronavirus Stretches California’s Special Ed System to the Brink

Local Coalition Ensures Special-Needs Students Aren’t Forgotten During Closures

Fresno Unified Lags Neighbor Districts in School Psychologist Hires

Fresno County’s Top Teacher Is Welding Instructor at Court School

Will Nelson Rid FUSD of the Incompetent and the Indifferent?

Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified

He Once Struggled to Read. Now He’s on State Board of Ed.

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