Sacramento 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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07/11/2024
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Summer break at FCUSD is an opportunity for students to engage in fun, unique, and enriching educational experiences.

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07/08/2024
A program for low-income, first-generation STEM students at community colleges is receiving millions of dollars to expand across the state.

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07/06/2024
Join the folks participating in the Solving Sacramento journalism collaborative on September 5.

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07/02/2024
Community Colleges in the Sacramento area are reporting an increase in student enrollments following COVID shutdown declines.

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07/02/2024
Sacramento State and Sierra College signed an agreement on June 28 to codevelop a joint Placer County campus in Roseville.

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07/01/2024
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.

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06/21/2024
The Civil Grand Jury report found that Sacramento City Unified School District is failing students with disabilities, and has been since 2017.

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06/20/2024
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Working in the education industry is something that Folsom Cordova Unified School District Superintendent Sarah Koligian has not only been doing for over three decades, it’s something she has poured her heart into with great passion, a trait that has enabled her to make a positive difference in each school district she has worked in during her decorated career.

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06/19/2024
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Folsom Cordova Unified School District campuses in Rancho Cordova are now offering free meals to children this summer who may otherwise go without, thanks to a collaborative program with the United States Department of Agriculture.

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06/11/2024
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Rancho Cordova Arts raised more than $16,000 for teachers and students through its recent annual Micro Masterpieces event which ran from June 3 through June 8.

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06/11/2024
Funding has been secured to continue the Sacramento Regional Transit RydeFreeRT program for local K-12 students.

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06/11/2024
The Lunch at the Library is offering free meals for kids K-12 at 14 locations throughout Sacramento County.

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06/07/2024
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.

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06/06/2024
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The Folsom City Council authorized emergency spending of $172,500 from contingency funds to fix stucco water leaks at the library.

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06/06/2024
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.

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06/05/2024
EdSource reports that police are dispatched thousands of times per school day across California.

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05/31/2024
On May 29, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced grants to fund electric school busses, including $5.5million for the Elk Grove Unified School District.

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05/30/2024
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.

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05/29/2024
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Nature Lovers Will Open Their Hearts and Wallets For the Effie Yeaw Nature Center Gala on June 9

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05/29/2024
Explaining the Sacramento City Unified School District bond measure which will be on the November ballot.
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