Placer County Education Articles

Transfer to a four-year institution is a benchmark for success among community colleges, but the numbers are low and disparities across the system persist, especially between colleges in rural areas and those in wealthy suburbs.

The baseball coach at Oakmont High School had two former players selected in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

A new ban on flavored tobacco products is accelerating a decline in nicotine tax revenue that funds California’s early childhood services. Some programs are already making cuts.

Tony Berendsen has been leading the Tahoe Star Tour for 20 years in the Tahoe area, and throughout the decades, more than 30,000 people have gained a better understanding of our universe.

The Washo Tribe has deep roots in Olympic Valley, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains that will be discussed in-depth by members of the Washo Tribe at Palisades Tahoe High Camp on Fridays until Aug. 25.

Jessup University announced its acceptance into the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), with the Warriors expected to join the Division II PacWest Conference in fall 2024.

The Supreme Court has terminated Pres. Biden's student debt relief program. Here's the reasoning the justices used to do it, how their decision affects Californians, and what's next for borrowers who must start paying again in October.

The Supreme Court has now overturned decades of precedent in a new ruling that bans affirmative action, the consideration of race in college admissions as a way to create campus diversity.

In a landmark case, California's Supreme Court will decide if cities must switch their at-large elections to a voting-by-district system after hearing oral arguments the Pico Neighborhood Association v. Santa Monica voting rights case June 27.

Though voters soundly rejected an effort to legalize affirmative action in California in 2020, state Democrats are trying again, proposing a limited version that would allow state agencies to consider race if academic research shows evidence those race-based programs could …

A California child care crisis could be coming if subsidies remain at current low levels in the state budget. Providers say home daycare businesses may need to close if increased help is not on the way.

Loomis Union School District released a 17-page demographic study on expected student enrollment all the way to the year 2044. The influx of new students is expected to strain classrooms to a "probable breakpoint" between the years 2025 and 2028.

Western Placer Unified School District board members decided to uphold a committee’s decision to keep the controversial book, “The Hate U Give,” as part of the ninth-grade required reading curriculum.

Sierra College District sold $63 million of the $350-million Measure E General Obligation Bonds approved by registered voters in 2018.

Two members from the state’s Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) reported on their study of Auburn Union School District (AUSD) finances this week, and the outlook for their point-in-time study wasn’t great.

As part of the state process, a proposed $31.3-million budget was presented to the Loomis Union School District Board of Trustees with a public hearing during the May school board meeting.