As Americans grapple with shifts in culture and demographics, majority-minority California is developing a high school curriculum in ethnic studies, one of the first nationally. Not long ago —...
After 43 years of bare-knuckled brawling, the leaders of Fresno Unified and its teachers union tried something different in hope of getting a better result. It...
It’s not your grandparents’ — or even your parents ’— higher-ed system. A young Californian of the Baby Boomer generation, bolstered by the post-war economic boom...
Since dramatically avoiding a strike at the last minute early in 2018, Fresno Unified leaders and the teachers union have gone to great lengths to keep...
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...
State Center Community College District officials say turning to a private company to run its bookstores will save students money, while adding to the district’s bottom...
Eric Payne says he’s working with state campaign finance regulators. The State Center Community College District trustee faces $66,000 in fines on 21 counts, including failing...
As soon as he became superintendent in 2017, Bob Nelson publicly acknowledged serious, heart-breaking problems in Fresno Unified’s often-criticized special education program. The criticism hasn’t relented...
Tony Thurmond seems to be exactly the man that his most loyal backers hoped (and his opponents feared) he would be. In a discussion with CALmatters’...
The patience of local law enforcement officials is wearing thin as they continue to wait for a new first-responder training facility to be built. Fresno City...
