A Fresno City College student is in custody after taking his former instructor hostage at her home, police said Thursday. The rescue of the unidentified instructor unfolded Thursday morning, The Fresno Bee reported, with a retired Tulare County Sheriff’s deputy who lived nearby interceding with his firearm before police could arrive....
The Achievement Gap: California’s Disparities in Education Explained
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 faith in the K-12 school system that every student — regardless of race, creed, wealth or color...
Al-Qaida in Yemen Claims Deadly Florida Naval Base Shooting
CAIRO — Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday for last year's deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia. The shooter, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a member of the Saudi Air Force in training at the base. He opened fire inside...
On This Madera Campus, They're Hungry For Knowledge — Not Food
Madera Community College Center students who need a little help getting groceries on the table can avoid hunger pangs by checking out the new Lions Den Food Pantry. The pantry, which is available to all 4,500 students enrolled this semester (and any future enrolled students), is in the R1B building...
Hmong Comedian/Educator Headlines SE Asian Family Education Conference
Touger Xiong, a Hmong American comedian and educator, will be the keynote speaker Saturday at the second annual Southeast Asian Family Education Conference, "Journey to Success." Families can learn about services and scholarships and how best to support kids in school. The conference, which is co-sponsored by Fresno Unified's Parent...
Attackers Beat Protesting Students at Indian University
NEW DELHI — Masked assailants beat students and teachers with sticks on the campus of a prestigious university in India’s capital, injuring more than 20 people in an attack opposition lawmakers are trying to link to the government. Videos that emerged after the assault late Sunday showed people in masks...
Student Who Saved Classmates From Shooting Honored as Jedi
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has now been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company for the Star Wars franchise. News outlets report the family of...
CHSU Pharmacy Students Now Eligible for Federal Loan Programs
A pharmacy degree from California Health Sciences University in Clovis is about to get more affordable. The university announced Tuesday that students in the College of Pharmacy are now eligible to apply for federal loan programs. Listen to this article: Up to now, about 84% of the college's students have...
Iranian Student Leader of 1979 U.S. Embassy Takeover Says He Now Regrets the Attack
TEHRAN, Iran — His revolutionary fervor diminished by the years that have also turned his dark brown hair white, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover says he now regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed. Speaking to...
Report: Clovis, Sanger Districts Among Best at Closing 'Achievement Gap'
Clovis and Sanger unified school districts are among seven in California that are making the most progress in closing the so-called "achievement gap" for students of color and those in poverty, according to a new report released Tuesday in Sacramento. The Learning Policy Institute, a research nonprofit that aims to...