El Dorado County Local News: Education


All Local Education News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: California's sprawling public education system encompasses approximately 10,500 schools.
California’s Education System: How the Bureaucracy Works

How California's extensive public school system is organized and managed, explained.

Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

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05/21/2025
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Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) celebrated a historic night by raising $40,000 for student success as more than 230 distinguished guests gathered for its 50th Anniversary Gala at the Tahoe Blue Event Center on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

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05/17/2025
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Sierra Business Council, in partnership with Sierra Commons and the Sierra SBDC, is hosting a free two-day forest business workshop on June 7-8 at the South Lake Tahoe Parks & Rec Center. This training is designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch and grow successful forest-based businesses, equipping them with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate this expanding industry.

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05/16/2025
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The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC), in partnership with the UCCE Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners, is excited to announce two upcoming Grow Your Own Gardening events designed to empower residents and visitors to cultivate their own fruits and vegetables right here in Tahoe.

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05/16/2025
Many school districts require students to undergo a lengthy process if they want to wear tribal or other cultural regalia at graduation. A new bill would eliminate those obstacles.

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05/07/2025
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At South Tahoe Middle School and South Tahoe High School, a remarkable partnership is unfolding, one that is setting a new standard for math education in the community. In its second year of a five-year commitment to improving math instruction and learning, this collaboration between middle and high school math teachers is showing impressive results in terms of vertical collaboration and articulation.

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05/07/2025
Only 14 school districts and county offices of education have begun billing for behavioral health services under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Fee Schedule Program, according to state health officials.

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05/01/2025
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The El Dorado County Office of Education is celebrating its selection of Amy Andersen as its new associate superintendent of educational services.

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05/01/2025
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High school and college students from across California are set to launch their solar-powered creations into competition waters this weekend as the 12th annual California Solar Regatta returns to Rancho Seco Recreational Area.

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04/30/2025
The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional.

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04/29/2025
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Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD) was formally recognized at the California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance (CASCWA) State Conference on April 28, 2025, in Orange County, where the District was awarded the prestigious 2025 Model SARB Recognition Award for Excellence in Student Attendance.

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04/24/2025
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The principal of Folsom Middle School has been named the 2025 National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Advocacy Champion of the Year.

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04/24/2025
Following CalMatters reporting, California’s Republican representatives are calling for the U.S. Department of Education and Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate how California’s community colleges are handling financial aid fraud.

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04/23/2025
Molly Griffin, formerly the vice principal at Pleasant Grove Middle School, has been named as the new principal of Jackson Elementary School.

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04/22/2025
The UC has grown its enrollment of California undergraduates by 16,000 in the last five years. University officials say they won’t be able to continue that growth if state funding is cut.

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04/18/2025
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More than 200 high school students from across the region are gearing up to put their science and engineering skills to the test on Thursday, April 24, as they race solar-powered model cars of their own design in the 18th annual SMUD Solar Car Race at Sacramento State University.

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04/16/2025
Federal programs offer financial aid and counseling to low-income and first-generation college students. California was allowed to include students without legal status, which the Trump administration is now ending.

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04/16/2025
This interactive map shows kindergartners’ vaccination rates at more than 6,000 public and private schools across California. According to the state health department, at least 95% of students need the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine to maintain herd immunity and prevent outbreaks. Yet in many parts of the state — including areas around Sacramento, Oakland, the Central Valley, and Los Angeles — vaccination rates fall short of that threshold, raising concerns about community vulnerability.

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04/15/2025
Dual enrollment courses are growing on high school and college campuses but access gaps linger, particularly for students in rural areas of California as well as for Black and Hispanic male students.

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04/11/2025
El Dorado County Poet Laureate Stephen Meadows and Arts and Culture El Dorado are inviting students to submit poems about their hometown to be published online and in a forthcoming chapbook.

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04/10/2025
In 1971 California’s Supreme Court issued one of its most important and far-reaching decisions, declaring that the state’s system of financing public schools — primarily via locally levied property taxes — was unconstitutionally unfair.