El Dorado County Education Digest

Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.

Some California agencies are offering incentives and hosting workshops for school districts that want to build affordable housing for teachers.

Hands4Hope – Youth Making A Difference is seeking donations of school supplies and backpacks for local students.

A program for low-income, first-generation STEM students at community colleges is receiving millions of dollars to expand across the state.

Small and low-income school officials say the bond measure deal is unfair. The money is allocated through matching grants, so wealthier districts that can raise more local funds will get more money from the state.

The two-day CalMatters Ideas Festival wrapped on June 6 with more than a dozen events examining critical policy issues impacting the lives of millions of Californians.

A panel of labor experts at the CalMatters Ideas Festival say California workers should have more access to more apprenticeships that pay more. Barriers still exist, especially for women and low-income Californians.

EdSource reports that police are dispatched thousands of times per school day across California.

The state is directly investing money for low-income students and all newborns to attend college. After two years, the program is still not widely known by the students who need the most financial assistance.

After University of California students were arrested or suspended for protests, student workers are striking at three campuses. The Office of President says the strike violates the union contract.

Two major forces are at play: Gov. Gavin Newsom scaled back his promise of increased financial support for Cal State, while university officials agreed to 5% salary increases earlier this year.

In their May 9 meeting, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District announced the award of a $4.7 million community schools grant, to be used for funding counseling and intervention support programs.

The job action starting today at UC Santa Cruz isn’t about pay, but instead is in response to how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

The new Future Farmers of America program at Golden Sierra High School will offer classes in animal husbandry and horticulture.

Nine counties located more than an hour away from universities with teacher preparation programs face particular difficulties.

The Lake Tahoe Unified School District has begun operating an initial 5 electric school buses and charging stations, with 15 more expected to be funded through an upcoming grant.

Heiress Paris Hilton is on a mission to shine a light on the "troubled teen industry," a largely unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that is gaining public scrutiny for alleged abuse of vulnerable youths.

The Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) and Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) boards held a joint meeting at the end of March reporting on collaborative initiatives and programs.

The move puts the fate of AB 2222 in question, but supporters insist that there is room to negotiate changes that can help tackle the state's literacy crisis.

The Bureau of Land Management and the El Dorado Chapter of the California Native Plant Society are leading free guided bird and plant tours April 13 through May 26 at the Pine Hill Preserve.

The El Dorado County School Board Association has bestowed the Marcella Foundation with the Outstanding Community Organization award for its contributions to education in the region.

After bringing his story all the way to the University of California Board of Regents, a disabled UC Berkeley student has prompted the UC to ensure emergency evacuation chairs are in every multi-storied building in the 10-university system.

Local South Tahoe High grad and award-winning documentary filmmaker Michelle Aguilar-Ficara announced a three day program of screenings, discussions, networking and connecting with filmmakers in the fall.

Local agencies and nonprofits are working with the Marcella Foundation to offer free monthly books to local children up to 5 years old as part of the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library initiative.

An interview with Lucinda Lee Katz, the first grade teacher of the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Lau vs. Nichols.

The Lake Tahoe Unified School Board has issued Reduction in Workforce (RIF) notices to 10 district staff in anticipation in layoffs to address a budget shortfall.

The El Dorado County Board of Education is seeking a resident to represent Area 5, which covers South Lake Tahoe and Meyers, replacing current trustee Richard Fischer who has served on the board for more than a decade.

California’s public schools depend on state aid for the lion’s share of their operational income. Two trends – declining enrollment and high absenteeism – are creating financial headaches.

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources advisors has published a new website with information resources for small acreage landowners raising livestock.

More than two years after the Caldor Fire, Grizzly Flat is facing financial challenges rebuilding the elementary school.

California schools got $23.4 billion in federal pandemic relief money. Low-income schools that got the most may be hardest hit when the funds expire this year.